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Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and shares a maritime border with Denmark to the south. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi) and with a population of 10.6 million, Sweden is the largest and most populous Nordic country, and is the fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm.

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  1. c. 800 CEBattle of BrávellirBråvikenThe Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of Bråvalla was a legendary battle, said to have taken place c. 770, that is described in the sagas as taking place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Hring, king of Sweden and the Geats of Västergötland, and his uncle Harald Wartooth, king of Denmark and the Geats of Östergötland.Source: Wikidata (country)
  2. c. 980 CEBattle of FýrisvellirFyrisvellirThe Battle of Fýrisvellir was fought in the 980s on the plain called Fýrisvellir, where modern Uppsala is situated, between King Eric the Victorious and an invading force. According to Norse sagas, this force was led by his nephew Styrbjörn the Strong. Eric won the battle, and became known as "the Victorious".Source: Wikidata (country)
  3. 999 CEBattle of SvolderØresundThe Battle of Svolder (also referred to as Svold or Swold) was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  4. 1026Battle of HelgeåUpplandThe Battle of Helgeå (Norwegian: Slaget ved Helgeå, Swedish: Slaget vid Helgeå), or Battle of the Holy River, was a naval engagement that took place in 1026 between joint Danish and English forces and a combined Norwegian and Swedish force, at the estuary of a river called Helge (Holy River) in Denmark or Sweden.Source: Wikidata (country)
  5. 1208Battle of LenaKungslenaThe Battle of Lena occurred on 31 January 1208 and probably took place near Kungslena, in the Tidaholm Municipality in Västergötland, Sweden. It was an important battle between the Danish-backed King Sverker II of Sweden and Prince Eric. Eric's forces won a crushing victory; however, in July 1210, Sverker returned with a second army and was killed in the Battle of Gestilren.Source: Wikidata (country)
  6. 1270Battle of KaruseBaltic SeaThe Battle of Karuse or Battle on the Ice was fought on 16 February 1270 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Livonian Order on the frozen Baltic Sea between the island of Muhu and the mainland. The Lithuanians achieved a decisive victory. The battle, named after the village of Karuse, was the fifth-largest defeat of the Livonian or Teutonic Orders in the 13th century.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  7. 1361Battle of VisbyVisbyThe Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious.Source: Wikidata (country)
  8. 1471Battle of BrunkebergStockholmThe Battle of Brunkeberg was fought on 10 October 1471 between the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder and forces led by Danish king Christian I. Sture won a decisive victory, weakening the Kalmar Union considerably and becoming the effective ruler of Sweden as Lord Regent for most of his remaining life.Source: Wikidata (country)
  9. 1520Stockholm BloodbathStortorgetThe Stockholm Bloodbath (Swedish: Stockholms blodbad) was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The event is also known as the Stockholm massacre. The events occurred after the coronation of Christian II as the new king of Sweden, when guests in the crowning party were invited to a meeting at Tre Kronor castle.Source: Wikidata (country)
  10. 1590 – 1595Russo-Swedish WarBaltic SeaThe Russo-Swedish War of 1590–1595 was instigated by Boris Godunov in the hope of gaining the territory of the Duchy of Estonia along the Gulf of Finland belonging to Sweden since the previous Livonian War.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  11. 1598Battle of StångebroLinköpingThe Battle of Stångebro, or the Battle of Linköping, took place at Linköping, Sweden, on 25 September 1598 (O.S.) and effectively ended the personal union between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, that had formed in 1592.Source: Wikidata (country)
  12. 1598 – 1599War against SigismundBaltic SeaThe war against Sigismund (Swedish: Kriget mot Sigismund) was a war between Duke Charles, later known as King Charles IX of Sweden, and Sigismund, who was at the time the king of both Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (that is, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania).Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  13. 1626 – 1629Polish–Swedish WarBaltic SeaThe Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) was the last in a series fought by Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1600 and 1629. In July 1626, Gustavus Adolphus landed in Polish Prussia in an attempt to capture Gdańsk, but neither side could win a decisive advantage and the war became a stalemate.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  14. 1658Battle of the SoundØresundThe Battle of the Sound was a naval engagement which took place on 8 November 1658 (29 October O.S.) during the Second Northern War, near the Sound or Øresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sweden had invaded Denmark and an army under Charles X Gustav of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  15. 1676Battle of LundLundThe Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden. The Danish had an army of about 13,000 under the personal command of 30-year-old King Christian V of Denmark, aided by General Carl von Arensdorff.Source: Wikidata (country)
  16. 1676Battle of ÖlandBaltic SeaThe Battle of Öland was a naval battle between an allied Danish and Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Öland on 1 June 1676. The battle was a part of the Scanian War (1675–1679) fought for supremacy over the southern Baltic.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  17. 1710Battle of HelsingborgRingstorpThe Battle of Helsingborg was the last major engagement of the Great Northern War to take place on Swedish soil. It resulted in a decisive victory of a Swedish force of 14,000 men under the command of Magnus Stenbock against a Danish force of equal strength under the command of Jørgen Rantzau, ensuring that Denmark's final effort to regain the Scanian territories that it had lost to Sweden in 1658 failed.Source: Wikidata (country)
  18. 1710 – 1711Great Northern War plague outbreakSwedenDuring the Great Northern War (1700–1721), many towns and areas around the Baltic Sea and East-Central Europe had a severe outbreak of the plague with a peak from 1708 to 1712. This epidemic was probably part of a pandemic affecting an area from Central Asia to the Mediterranean.Source: Wikidata (country)
  19. 1714Battle of GangutHanko PeninsulaThe Battle of Gangut (Russian: Гангутское сражение; Finnish: Riilahden taistelu; Finland Swedish: Slaget vid Rilax; Swedish: Sjöslaget vid Hangö udd) took place on 27 JulyJul./ 7 August 1714Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko (Hangö), Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  20. 1714Battle of NapueIsokyröThe Battle of Napue, the Battle of Isokyrö (Storkyro), or the Battle of Lappola was fought on 2 March [O.S. 19 February] 1714 at the villages of Napue and Laurola, located in the Isokyrö parish of the Swedish Empire (modern-day Finland). The battle took place between the Swedish Empire and the Tsardom of Russia and was the final land battle of the Finnish campaign in the Great Northern War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  21. 1716Battle of DynekilenDynekilenThe naval Battle of Dynekilen (Danish: Slaget ved Dynekilen) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in a Dano-Norwegian victory.Source: Wikidata (country)
  22. 1772Revolution of 1772SwedenThe Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution (Swedish: Revolutionen) or the Coup of Gustav III (Gustav III:s statskupp or older Gustav III:s statsvälvning), was a Swedish coup d'état performed by King Gustav III on 19 August 1772 to introduce a division of power between the King and the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of Liberty and the introduction of the Swedish…Source: Wikidata (country)
  23. 1809Coup of 1809SwedenThe Coup of 1809 (Swedish: Statskuppen 1809), also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 (Swedish: Revolutionen 1809), was a Swedish coup d'état on 13 March of that year by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre, with support from the Western Army. The coup resulted in the deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf and the introduction of a new Instrument of Government.Source: Wikidata (country)
  24. 1853 – 1856Crimean WarCrimeaThe Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included the Eastern question (the decline of the Ottoman Empire), the expansion of Russia in the preceding Russo-Turkish wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power…Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  25. 1917Battle of Moon SoundBaltic SeaThe Battle of Moon Sound was a naval battle fought between the forces of the German Empire, and the Russian Republic (and three British submarines) in the Baltic Sea during Operation Albion from 16 October 1917 until 3 November 1917 during World War I. The German intention was to destroy the Russian forces and occupy the West Estonian Archipelago, and achieved both objectives.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  26. 1917Operation AlbionBaltic SeaOperation Albion was a German air, land and naval operation in the First World War, against Russian forces in October 1917 to occupy the West Estonian Archipelago. The campaign aimed to occupy the Baltic islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa (Dagö) and Muhu (Moon). The three islands were part of the Russian Empire and strategically dominated the central and northern Baltic Sea.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  27. 1918Ice Cruise of the Baltic FleetBaltic SeaThe Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet (Russian: Ледовый поход Балтийского флота) was an operation which transferred the ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy from their bases at Tallinn, at the time known as Reval (Russian: Ревель), and Helsinki to Kronstadt in 1918.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  28. 1918Invasion of ÅlandÅlandThe Invasion of Åland was a 1918 military campaign of World War I in Åland, Finland. The islands, still hosting Soviet Russian troops, were first invaded by Sweden in late February and then by the German Empire in early March. The conflict was also related to the Finnish Civil War including minor fighting between the Finnish Whites and the Finnish Reds.Source: Wikidata (country)
  29. 1939Baltic Sea campaignsBaltic SeaThe Baltic Sea campaigns were conducted by Axis and Allied naval forces in the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the connected lakes Ladoga and Onega on the Eastern Front of World War II. After early fighting between Polish and German forces, the main combatants were the Kriegsmarine and the Soviet Navy, with Finland supporting the Germans until 1944 and the Soviets thereafter.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  30. 19581958 FIFA World CupUlleviThe 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football tournament for senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It remains the only Nordic country to have hosted a FIFA World Cup.Source: Wikidata (country)
  31. 1972United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentSwedenThe United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during June 5–16, 1972.Source: Wikidata (country)
  32. 1986Assassination of Olof PalmeSveavägenOn 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a single gunshot while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbeth Palme was slightly wounded by a second shot. The couple did not have bodyguards with them.Source: Wikidata (country)
  33. 2001Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsStockholmStockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm and effective from 17 May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  34. 2018Yellow vests protestsFranceThe yellow vest movement (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ de ʒilɛ ʒon]) refers to those involved in a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.Source: Wikidata (country)
  35. 2020COVID-19 pandemicWorldwideA new coronavirus spreads worldwide. Lockdowns, remote work and fast-developed vaccines reshape daily life.Source: Wikidata (country)
  36. 20232023 Quran burnings in SwedenStockholmIn 2023, instances of Quran-burning occurred in Sweden, which were named collectively by Swedish media as the Korankrisen ("Quran crisis"; "Quran burning crisis" in some English-language media). The most notable of them occurred on 28 June 2023, when 37-year-old Iraqi Assyrian refugee Salwan Momika ripped out and set fire to pages of the Quran outside the Stockholm Mosque.Source: Wikidata (country)
  37. 2023Melodifestivalen 2023ScandinaviumMelodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competition was Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 for Sweden. All shows were hosted by Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl.Source: Wikidata (country)