Sweden Timeline

Sweden Timeline


This History Timeline has been developed to provide a 'snapshot' of the famous people and
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famous people involved in this time period.
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  The Vikings were prolific seafaring warriors from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The early Danish timeline reflects the history of the Vikings
 
793 Swedish Vikings first raid in England. The monastery of St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne is sacked
 
844 Vikings raid Seville in Spain
 
845 Vikings, led by Ragnor, travel up the River Seine in France
 
845 The French King pays a ransom to prevent the sacking of Paris
 
860 Vikings attack Constantinople
 
862 Vikings found Novgorod in Russia
 
874 Vikings settle Iceland
 
900 Vikings raid the Mediterranean coasts
 
911 Vikings under Rollo are settled in Normandy
 
981 Erik the Red discovers Greenland
 
986 Vikings land in Canada
965 Harald Bluetooth (King Harold I) converts the Danes to Christianity
1000 Greenland and Iceland are converted to Christianity by the Vikings
1001 Leif Eriksson reaches the American coast
1050 Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center.
1350 The Bubonic Plague (the Black Death) "Svartedauen" sweeps Sweden and Scandinavia killing one third of the inhabitants
 
1397 Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power
 
1523 King Gustav I of Sweden re-establishes separation of the Swedish Crown from the union. The Vasa Dynasty lasts from 1523 - 1654
 
1611 1611-1718 Sweden becomes a great power
1654 1654 - 1720 Wittelsbach Dynasty (Pfalzisks)
1632 Queen Christina rules Sweden from 1632 - 1654
1720 1720 - 1751 Brabant Dynasty (Hessen)
1751 1751 - 1818 Holsten-Gottorp Dynasty
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
1818 1818 - Present Day: The Bernadotte Swedish Dynasty
1901 Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist and industrialist, initiates the Nobel prize awards
1905 The union with Sweden disintegrates and Norway becomes an independent kingdom
1914 1914-1918:  World War I
 
1939 1939 - 1945 World War 2
 
1939 Sweden declares its neutrality - Sweden remains neutral but rejects a request from Germany to use its territory as a transit route for German troops
 
1940 Sweden is forced to allow German troops to march through Sweden to Norway
1945 August 1945: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945 Germany surrenders to the Allies.


Sweden Timeline

Sweden Timeline
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