8,000 BC The first people arrive in Sweden
4,000 BC People in Sweden begin farming2,000 BC Bronze is introduced into Sweden
500 BC Iron is introduced into Sweden
9th Century AD Sweden becomes a single kingdom. Swedes cross the Baltic and sail along rivers into Russia.
1008 Olof Stokonung King of Sweden becomes a Christian. The other Swedes gradually follow.
1157 King Eric leads a crusade against the Finns
1252 Stockholm is founded. Swedish trade and commerce flourish.
1280 King Magnus grants the upper class exemption from taxes in return for military service
1323 By now Sweden controls all of Finland
1349 The Black Death reaches Sweden
1388 The Swedish nobles rebel
1389 Margaret of Norway becomes ruler of Sweden
1397 Margaret's Great Nephew Erik is crowned king of Sweden, Norway and Denmark in Kalmar
1434 The Swedish peasants rebel
1439 Erik is deposed
1448 Sweden separates from Denmark and Norway
1520 The 'Bloodbath of Stockholm', in which 82 people are executed for 'treason'.
1521 The Swedes rebel
1536 The Swedes adopt certain Lutheran practices as the Reformation spreads in Sweden
1541 The Bible is translated into Swedish
1561 The Swedes capture part of Estonia
1593 The Swedish Church adopts the (Protestant) Confession of Augsburg
1613 Gustavus Adolphus becomes king
1628 The Vasa sinks
1632 Gustavus is killed a the battle of Lutzen
1693 The Declaration of Riksdag recognises the king's right to rule as he wishes
1700 The Great Northern War begins
1707 The Swedes invade Russia
1709 The Swedes are completely defeated at Poltava
1721 Sweden is forced to surrender her Baltic provinces and part of Finland to Russia
1739 The Swedish Academy of Sciences if founded
1772 After a long period of freedom for the Swedish people the king stages a coup d'etat and regains complete power.
1809 The king is assassinated and a new constitution is introduced
1810 Napoleon's Marshall Bernadotte is elected Crown prince of Sweden
1813 Sweden joins the war against France
1814 Denmark surrenders Norway to Sweden
1846 Trade in Sweden is deregulated
1850 The population of Sweden is about 3.5 million
1856 The first railway in Sweden is built
c. 1890 onwards The Industrial Revolution transforms Sweden
1905 Norway becomes independent from Sweden
1921 All men and women in Sweden are given the vote
1934 Unemployment in Sweden is 24.9 %
Late 1940s early 1950s A strong welfare state is created in Sweden
1974 A new constitution is introduced in Sweden
1986 Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated
1995 Sweden joins the EU
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