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Possessions of Sweden

<a href="http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Sweden/" class="wiki">Sweden</a> at the height of its territorial expansion, following the <a href="http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Treaty of Roskilde/" class="wiki">Treaty of Roskilde</a> in 1658. The red shows <i><a href="http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Sweden proper/" class="wiki">Sweden proper</a></i>, represented in the <a href="http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Riksdag of the Estates/" class="wiki">Riksdag of the Estates</a>, while the other colours stand for different <a href="http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Dominions of Sweden/" class="wiki">dominions</a> and possessions.
Sweden at the height of its territorial expansion, following the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The red shows Sweden proper, represented in the Riksdag of the Estates, while the other colours stand for different dominions and possessions.
This is a list of possessions of Sweden held outside of Sweden proper during the early modern period.

Fiefs

Fiefs that were held for a limited time.
  • Hven (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1660)
  • Blekinge (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1658)
  • Halland (Treaty of Varberg, 1343-1360, given on a lease for 30 years in 1645 and indefinitely since 1658)
  • Pillau (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
  • Memel (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
  • Bornholm (Treaty of Roskilde, 1658-1660)

Colonies

  • Carolusborg: April 1650 - January/February 1658, 10 December 1660- 22 April 1663
  • New Sweden on the banks of Delaware river North America: 1638-1655

Mint Cities

Cities, held outside the realm, where Swedish mints were established.

Territories held under Martial Law

  • Dirschau, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Wormditt, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Mehlsack, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Frauenburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Marienburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Stuhm, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
  • Leipzig (agreement with Saxony, 1646-1648)
  • Memmingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647-1648)

See also

Sweden, possessions ofsv:Svenska besittningar
 
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