Ruler · 1496 – 1560

Gustav Vasa

Lived 1496 – 1560; monarch, politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1523 – 1560.

Wikidata's English label: Gustav I of Sweden.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1496 – 1560; 64 years
In office: 37 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 40th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

36 before

Karl Knutsson1464 – 1465

Hans, King of Denmark1497 – 1501

Christian II of Denmark1520 – 1521

Gustav Vasa1523 – 1560

Erik XIV1560 – 1568

John III of Sweden1568 – 1592

Sigismund III Vasa1592 – 1599

19 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1523 – 1560 · 37 years · came to it aged 27

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

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