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Personal Command Sign of H.M. the King of Sweden (used on land). The greater Coat of arms of Sweden, which is blue divided quarterly by a cross pattée of gold 1905–present: Royal standard of Sweden, used by H.M. The King of Sweden and H.M. The Queen of Sweden: Royal flag with the greater national coat of arms 1905–present
In the eyes of the Swedish king, moreover, the Polish War was a war of religion. Gustavus regarded the Scandinavian kingdoms as the two chief pillars on which the Evangelical religion reposed. Their disunion, he argued, would open a door in the north to the Catholic league and so bring about the destruction of Denmark and Sweden alike.
The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
Flags of Sweden and Norway in 1899, after the removal of the union mark from the Norwegian merchant flag. Plate published by the Swedish-Norwegian foreign ministry to announce the recent change. A royal resolution of 20 June 1844, introduced new flags and heraldry to denote the equal status of the two kingdoms within the union.
Sweden: 1562 1815 1844 1905/1906 Sweden: Switzerland: 1470 1798 1803 1889 Switzerland: Syria: 1844 1920 1920 1922 1932 1958 1961 1963 1972 1980 2024 Syria: Taiwan: 1661 1683 1890 1895 1895 1945 China, Republic of Tajikistan: 1869 1883 1918 1921 1929 1929 1931 1935 1936 1938 1940 1953 1991 1992 Tajikistan: Tanzania: 1885 1919 1961 1964 Tanzania ...
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English: Swedish war flag and naval ensign ↑. Adoption: Dates back to the mid-1600s. Described in law on November 6, 1663. Current design: June 22, 1906. Design: Blue with a yellow Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails, is 1:2
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]