Territorial change of Swedish Empire

“Swedish Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1612 to 1814. Its territory was largest in AD 1632 – 1635, at ≈ 1.02 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1632 – 1635 (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.

Its highest rank was in AD 1632: number 109 of 10.

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).

• Denmark–Norway — 134 frames
• Tsardom of Russia — 82 frames
• Norway — 57 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 56 frames
• Finland — 51 frames
• Norway — 50 frames
• Danish Realm — 45 frames
• Kingdom of Prussia — 35 frames
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — 29 frames
• Brandenburg–Prussia — 20 frames
• Novgorod Republic — 14 frames
• Grand Principality of Moscow — 9 frames
• German Empire — 8 frames
• Dutch Republic — 7 frames
• Kalmar Union — 5 frames
• Habsburg monarchy — 5 frames
• Duchy of Mecklenburg — 5 frames
• Vendel Period — 3 frames
• Electorate of Saxony — 3 frames
• North Sea Empire — 3 frames

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 20 by area.

Wikipedia summary

The Swedish Empire, referred to in Sweden as the Great Power Era (Swedish: stormaktstiden), was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.

Wikipedia (English) “Swedish Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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