Swedish Empire
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| Swedish Empire Kingdom of Sweden Det svenska stormaktsväldet Konungariket Sverige |
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| Capital | Stockholm | |||
| Language(s) | Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Estonian, Sami, German, Livonian, Latvian, Danish | |||
| Religion | Lutheranism (Eastern orthodox faith recognized as minority religion) |
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| Government | Monarchy | |||
| King | ||||
| - 1611–1632 | Gustav II Adolf the Great | |||
| - 1632–1654 | Christina | |||
| - 1654–1660 | Charles X Gustav | |||
| - 1660–1697 | Charles XI | |||
| - 1697–1718 | Charles XII | |||
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| - 1612–1654 | Axel Oxenstierna | |||
| - 1654–1656 | Erik Oxenstierna | |||
| - 1660–1686 | Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie | |||
| Legislature | Riksdag of the Estates | |||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | |||
| - Established | 1611 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1718 | |||
| Population | ||||
| - 17th century est. | 2,500,000 | |||
| Currency | Riksdaler, Mark (until 1664), Carolin (from 1664) | |||
| Today part of |  Sweden Finland Norway Russia Estonia Latvia Germany Denmark Poland Ghana France United States Trinidad and Tobago Saint Barthélemy Guadeloupe |
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Swedish Empire was, between 1611 and 1718, one of the great powers of Europe. In modern historiography this period is known as the Swedish Empire, or stormaktstiden ("the era of great power").
