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... Sweden : one , led by the Oxenstiernas and Vasas , contained the old landowning class in central Sweden , including the church and the nobility , who preferred the rule of the council to a strong monarch and felt that a distant union ...
... Sweden : one , led by the Oxenstiernas and Vasas , contained the old landowning class in central Sweden , including the church and the nobility , who preferred the rule of the council to a strong monarch and felt that a distant union ...
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... Sweden as a great power ( 1709-21 ) . The Swedish buildup . Because of Swedish measures against Lübeck after 1523 , which aided the Danes , Den- mark had no interest in waging war against dissident Sweden . Further , Denmark had to look ...
... Sweden as a great power ( 1709-21 ) . The Swedish buildup . Because of Swedish measures against Lübeck after 1523 , which aided the Danes , Den- mark had no interest in waging war against dissident Sweden . Further , Denmark had to look ...
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... Sweden thus found itself in an unusually good posi- tion regarding external security . In 1925 military ex- penditure was considerably reduced . Problems regarding foreign policy were confined to Sweden's application for membership in ...
... Sweden thus found itself in an unusually good posi- tion regarding external security . In 1925 military ex- penditure was considerably reduced . Problems regarding foreign policy were confined to Sweden's application for membership in ...
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