Territorial change of Sweden (Kingdom of Sweden)

“Sweden”(Kingdom of Sweden) — appears in this map’s data from AD 980 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1564 – 1571, at ≈ 732 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 980 – 999≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 1000 – 1002≈ 92 thousand km²
AD 1003 – 1014≈ 145 thousand km²
AD 1015 – 1027≈ 146 thousand km²
AD 1028 – 1039≈ 145 thousand km²
AD 1040 – 1045≈ 146 thousand km²
AD 1046 – 1055≈ 145 thousand km²
AD 1056 – 1205≈ 146 thousand km²
AD 1206 – 1209≈ 145 thousand km²
AD 1210 – 1219≈ 146 thousand km²
AD 1220 – 1249≈ 147 thousand km²
AD 1250 – 1284≈ 183 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293≈ 183 thousand km²
AD 1294 – 1313≈ 199 thousand km²
AD 1314 – 1325≈ 261 thousand km²
AD 1326 – 1332≈ 366 thousand km²
AD 1333 – 1343≈ 362 thousand km²
AD 1344 – 1374≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1401≈ 350 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1520≈ 456 thousand km²
AD 1526 – 1563≈ 673 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571≈ 732 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1587≈ 678 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1594≈ 709 thousand km²
AD 1595 – 1611≈ 716 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1907≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 1908 – 1935≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1944≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 1945 – 2023≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 980AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1564 – 1571 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 980≈ 28 thousand km²76 of 111
AD 990≈ 28 thousand km²79 of 126
AD 1000≈ 92 thousand km²54 of 126
AD 1003≈ 145 thousand km²40 of 125
AD 1010≈ 145 thousand km²39 of 130
AD 1015≈ 146 thousand km²38 of 141
AD 1018≈ 146 thousand km²39 of 138
AD 1028≈ 145 thousand km²39 of 130
AD 1034≈ 145 thousand km²39 of 129
AD 1040≈ 146 thousand km²39 of 136
AD 1046≈ 145 thousand km²40 of 136
AD 1056≈ 146 thousand km²45 of 146
AD 1066≈ 146 thousand km²44 of 138
AD 1072≈ 146 thousand km²45 of 138
AD 1085≈ 146 thousand km²46 of 137
AD 1094≈ 146 thousand km²48 of 135
AD 1099≈ 146 thousand km²47 of 139
AD 1111≈ 146 thousand km²47 of 140
AD 1126≈ 146 thousand km²48 of 138
AD 1139≈ 146 thousand km²47 of 140
AD 1147≈ 146 thousand km²46 of 148
AD 1152≈ 146 thousand km²47 of 140
AD 1169≈ 146 thousand km²44 of 137
AD 1177≈ 146 thousand km²45 of 136
AD 1188≈ 146 thousand km²44 of 134
AD 1192≈ 146 thousand km²43 of 132
AD 1202≈ 146 thousand km²42 of 135
AD 1206≈ 145 thousand km²44 of 149
AD 1210≈ 146 thousand km²45 of 146
AD 1216≈ 146 thousand km²44 of 143
AD 1220≈ 147 thousand km²43 of 143
AD 1227≈ 147 thousand km²43 of 139
AD 1236≈ 147 thousand km²36 of 137
AD 1241≈ 147 thousand km²32 of 130
AD 1250≈ 183 thousand km²28 of 118
AD 1260≈ 183 thousand km²26 of 123
AD 1270≈ 183 thousand km²26 of 123
AD 1272≈ 183 thousand km²27 of 121
AD 1279≈ 183 thousand km²25 of 122
AD 1285≈ 183 thousand km²26 of 128
AD 1294≈ 199 thousand km²32 of 145
AD 1305≈ 199 thousand km²30 of 152
AD 1314≈ 261 thousand km²22 of 151
AD 1326≈ 366 thousand km²16 of 144
AD 1333≈ 362 thousand km²17 of 145
AD 1344≈ 376 thousand km²19 of 148
AD 1352≈ 376 thousand km²20 of 139
AD 1356≈ 376 thousand km²20 of 139
AD 1363≈ 376 thousand km²21 of 147
AD 1375≈ 350 thousand km²26 of 154
AD 1385≈ 350 thousand km²25 of 154
AD 1392≈ 350 thousand km²25 of 154
AD 1395≈ 350 thousand km²24 of 149
AD 1502≈ 456 thousand km²20 of 129
AD 1507≈ 456 thousand km²20 of 125
AD 1512≈ 456 thousand km²20 of 124
AD 1516≈ 456 thousand km²20 of 123
AD 1519≈ 456 thousand km²19 of 123
AD 1526≈ 673 thousand km²15 of 121
AD 1529≈ 673 thousand km²14 of 124
AD 1534≈ 673 thousand km²14 of 125
AD 1540≈ 673 thousand km²13 of 122
AD 1547≈ 673 thousand km²14 of 121
AD 1552≈ 673 thousand km²14 of 119
AD 1556≈ 673 thousand km²14 of 117
AD 1564≈ 732 thousand km²15 of 116
AD 1572≈ 678 thousand km²16 of 110
AD 1579≈ 678 thousand km²16 of 101
AD 1582≈ 678 thousand km²15 of 99
AD 1588≈ 709 thousand km²13 of 100
AD 1595≈ 716 thousand km²13 of 99
AD 1600≈ 716 thousand km²13 of 97
AD 1602≈ 716 thousand km²13 of 98
AD 1609≈ 716 thousand km²13 of 100
AD 1905≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 83
AD 1908≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 79
AD 1911≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 76
AD 1912≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 77
AD 1913≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 78
AD 1914≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 76
AD 1915≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 75
AD 1916≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 71
AD 1917≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 71
AD 1918≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 80
AD 1919≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 88
AD 1920≈ 458 thousand km²34 of 84
AD 1922≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 87
AD 1924≈ 458 thousand km²36 of 86
AD 1926≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 84
AD 1927≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 84
AD 1928≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 85
AD 1929≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 85
AD 1930≈ 458 thousand km²38 of 86
AD 1932≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 88
AD 1936≈ 458 thousand km²39 of 89
AD 1938≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 88
AD 1939≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 86
AD 1940≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 77
AD 1941≈ 458 thousand km²39 of 74
AD 1942≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 75
AD 1943≈ 458 thousand km²39 of 73
AD 1944≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 73
AD 1945≈ 458 thousand km²37 of 76
AD 1946≈ 458 thousand km²39 of 83
AD 1947≈ 458 thousand km²41 of 92
AD 1948≈ 458 thousand km²41 of 96
AD 1949≈ 458 thousand km²41 of 96
AD 1950≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 94
AD 1953≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 97
AD 1956≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 103
AD 1958≈ 458 thousand km²40 of 101
AD 1960≈ 458 thousand km²42 of 107
AD 1961≈ 458 thousand km²48 of 122
AD 1962≈ 458 thousand km²48 of 122
AD 1963≈ 458 thousand km²49 of 129
AD 1967≈ 458 thousand km²51 of 140
AD 1969≈ 458 thousand km²50 of 145
AD 1973≈ 458 thousand km²50 of 152
AD 1974≈ 458 thousand km²50 of 152
AD 1976≈ 458 thousand km²51 of 157
AD 1979≈ 458 thousand km²51 of 161
AD 1983≈ 458 thousand km²51 of 162
AD 1987≈ 458 thousand km²51 of 164
AD 1990≈ 458 thousand km²53 of 164
AD 1991≈ 458 thousand km²53 of 164
AD 1992≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 185
AD 1996≈ 458 thousand km²55 of 186
AD 2000≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 188
AD 2006≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 187
AD 2008≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 187
AD 2011≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 187
AD 2014≈ 458 thousand km²57 of 191
AD 2022≈ 458 thousand km²57 of 191
AD 2024≈ 458 thousand km²56 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1595: number 99 of 13.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 9 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1521lostKalmar Union≈ 454 thousand km²
AD 1000gainedVendel Period≈ 64 thousand km²
AD 1564gainedDenmark–Norway≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 1572lostDenmark–Norway≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 1333lostNorway≈ 55 thousand km²
AD 1003gainedVendel Period≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1588gainedTsardom of Russia≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1344gainedDanish Realm≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 1333gainedNorway≈ 24 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

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, and Finland to the east, and shares a maritime border with Denmark to the south.

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