Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 900 – present

Sweden

A state of 900 – present — 1,126 years, still standing in Europe. The atlas records 271 things within it — wars and battles 98 · regime change 2 · unrest and atrocity 7 · famine and plague 3 · natural disasters 2 · treaties 16 · people 137 · works and ideas 6. Its line of rulers holds 77 people, 60 with dated terms.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

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

Stood
1,126 years
and still standing
Rulers
77
the Monarch of Sweden
Most ground
1.02 million km²
in 1632
Within it
271
recorded rows
Symbols
3
on record, with years
Map: Sweden in 1632, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Sweden in 1632, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 1.02 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Sweden in 980, first mapped

980 · first mapped · 27,700 km²

Sweden in 1632, at its largest

1632 · at its largest · 1.02 million km²

Sweden in 1945, last mapped

1945 · last mapped · 455,600 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Sweden: 900 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

The line of Monarch of Sweden - the office this state names as its head of state.

Olof Björnsson · 970 – 975 · no death date to read the end againstEric the Victorious · 970 – 995 · died in office of natural causesRing of Sweden · 993 – 1000 · the term ends after the recorded deathOlof Skötkonung · 995 – 1022 · died in office, manner not recordedAnund Jacob · 1022 – 1050 · died in office, manner not recordedEmund the Old · 1050 – 1060 · died in office, manner not recordedStenkil · 1060 – 1066 · died in office, manner not recordedEric Stenkilsson · 1066 – 1067 · died in office, manner not recordedEric the Pagan · 1066 – 1067 · died in office, manner not recordedHalsten Stenkilsson · 1067 – 1070 · deposed, the article saysAnund Gårdske · 1070 – 1075 · no death date to read the end againstBlot-Sweyn · 1084 – 1118 · killed, the article saysPhilip of Sweden · 1105 – 1118 · died in office, manner not recordedInge the Younger · 1105 – 1125 · killed, the article saysSaint Erik · 1156 – 1160 · deposed or killedMagnus Henriksson · 1160 – 1161 · deposed or killedKarl Sverkersson · 1161 – 1167 · deposed or killedKnut Eriksson · 1173 – 1195 · died a natural deathSverker the Younger · 1195 – 1208 · deposed or killedErik Knutsson · 1208 – 1216 · died a natural deathJohan Sverkersson · 1216 – 1222 · died a natural deathErik Eriksson · 1222 – 1229 · deposed or killedKnut Långe · 1229 – 1234 · died a natural deathErik Eriksson · 1234 – 1250 · died a natural deathValdemar · 1250 – 1275 · deposed or killedMagnus Ladulås · 1275 – 1290 · died a natural deathBirger, King of Sweden · 1290 – 1319 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathMagnus Eriksson · 1319 – 1364 · deposed or killedErik Magnusson, King of Sweden · 1356 – 1359 · died in office of natural causesHaakon VI · 1362 – 1364 · deposed or killedAlbert, King of Sweden · 1364 – 1389 · deposed or killedMargaret I of Denmark · 1389 – 1412 · died a natural deathErik of Pomerania · 1396 – 1436 · deposed or killedChristopher of Bavaria · 1441 – 1448 · died a natural deathKarl Knutsson · 1448 – 1457 · deposed or killedChristian I of Denmark · 1457 – 1464 · deposed or killedKarl Knutsson · 1464 – 1465 · deposed or killedHans, King of Denmark · 1497 – 1501 · deposed or killedChristian II of Denmark · 1520 – 1521 · deposed or killedGustav Vasa · 1523 – 1560 · died a natural deathErik XIV · 1560 – 1568 · deposed or killedJohn III of Sweden · 1568 – 1592 · died a natural deathSigismund III Vasa · 1592 – 1599 · deposed or killedCharles IX of Sweden · 1604 – 1611 · died a natural deathGustavus Adolphus · 1611 – 1632 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathChristina, Queen of Sweden · 1632 – 1654 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathCharles X Gustav · 1654 – 1660 · died a natural deathCharles XI of Sweden · 1660 – 1697 · died a natural deathCharles XII of Sweden · 1697 – 1718 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathUlrika Eleonora of Sweden · 1718 – 1720 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathFrederick I of Sweden · 1720 – 1751 · died a natural deathAdolf Frederick of Sweden · 1751 – 1771 · died a natural deathGustav III · 1771 – 1792 · deposed or killedGustav IV Adolf · 1792 – 1809 · deposed, the article saysCharles XIII · 1809 – 1818 · died in office, manner not recordedCharles XIV John · 1818 – 1844 · died in office of natural causesOscar I of Sweden · 1844 – 1859 · died in office, manner not recordedCharles XV · 1859 – 1872 · died in office, manner not recordedOscar II · 1872 – 1907 · died in office, manner not recordedGustaf V · 1907 – 1950 · died in office of natural causesGustaf VI Adolf · 1950 – 1973 · died in office of natural causesCarl XVI Gustaf · 1973 – … · still in office100012001400160018002000
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 throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Olof Björnsson970 – 9755 yearsending not on record
Eric the Victorious970 – 99525 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Ring of Sweden993 – 10007 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Olof Skötkonung995 – 102227 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Anund Jacob1022 – 105028 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emund the Old1050 – 106010 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Stenkil1060 – 10666 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonein-law
Eric Stenkilsson1066 – 10671 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Eric the Pagan1066 – 10671 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Halsten Stenkilsson1067 – 10703 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Anund Gårdske1070 – 10755 yearsending not on record
Blot-Sweyn1084 – 111834 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Philip of Sweden1105 – 111813 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Inge the Younger1105 – 112520 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlesibling
Saint Erik1156 – 11604 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Magnus Henriksson1160 – 11611 yeardeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Karl Sverkersson1161 – 11676 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Knut Eriksson1173 – 119522 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Sverker the Younger1195 – 120813 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Erik Knutsson1208 – 12168 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Johan Sverkersson1216 – 12226 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Erik Eriksson1222 – 12297 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Knut Långe1229 – 12345 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Erik Eriksson1234 – 125016 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Valdemar1250 – 127525 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellnephew or niece
Magnus Ladulås1275 – 129015 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Birger, King of Sweden1290 – 131929 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Magnus Eriksson1319 – 136445 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellnephew or niece
Erik Magnusson, King of Sweden1356 – 13593 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Haakon VI1362 – 13642 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Albert, King of Sweden1364 – 138925 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Margaret I of Denmark1389 – 141223 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Erik of Pomerania1396 – 143640 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Christopher of Bavaria1441 – 14487 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellnephew or niece
Karl Knutsson1448 – 14579 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Christian I of Denmark1457 – 14647 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Karl Knutsson1464 – 14651 yeardeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Hans, King of Denmark1497 – 15014 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Christian II of Denmark1520 – 15211 yeardeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Gustav Vasa1523 – 156037 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Erik XIV1560 – 15688 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
John III of Sweden1568 – 159224 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Sigismund III Vasa1592 – 15997 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles IX of Sweden1604 – 16117 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Gustavus Adolphus1611 – 163221 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Christina, Queen of Sweden1632 – 165422 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles X Gustav1654 – 16606 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Charles XI of Sweden1660 – 169737 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Charles XII of Sweden1697 – 171821 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden1718 – 17202 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellsibling
Frederick I of Sweden1720 – 175131 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellspouse
Adolf Frederick of Sweden1751 – 177120 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Gustav III1771 – 179221 yearsdeposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundellchild
Gustav IV Adolf1792 – 180917 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Charles XIII1809 – 18189 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Charles XIV John1818 – 184426 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Oscar I of Sweden1844 – 185915 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Charles XV1859 – 187213 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Oscar II1872 – 190735 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Gustaf V1907 – 195043 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Gustaf VI Adolf1950 – 197323 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Carl XVI Gustaf1973 – in officein office since 1973still in officegrandchild

77 rulers, 60 with terms dated as terms, covering 970 – 1973. Median reign 13 years. 30 of 61 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Heads of government

The line of Prime Minister of Sweden, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.

Louis de Geer the Elder1876 – 1880
Arvid Posse1880 – 1883
Carl Johan Thyselius1883 – 1884
Robert Themptander1884 – 1888
Gillis Bildt1888 – 1889
Gustaf Åkerhielm1889 – 1891
Erik Gustaf Boström1891 – 1900
Fredrik von Otter1900 – 1902
Erik Gustaf Boström1902 – 1905
Johan Ramstedt1905 – 1905
Christian Lundeberg1905 – 1905
Karl Staaff1905 – 1906
Arvid Lindman1906 – 1911
Karl Staaff1911 – 1914
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld1914 – 1917
Carl Swartz1917 – 1917
Nils Edén1917 – 1920
Gerhard Louis De Geer1920 – 1921
Hjalmar Branting1921 – 1923
Oscar von Sydow1921 – 1921
Ernst Trygger1923 – 1924
Hjalmar Branting1924 – 1925
Rickard Sandler1925 – 1926
Carl Gustaf Ekman1926 – 1928
Arvid Lindman1928 – 1930
Carl Gustaf Ekman1930 – 1932
Felix Hamrin1932 – 1932
Per Albin Hansson1932 – 1936
Per Albin Hansson1936 – 1946
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp1936 – 1936
Östen Undén1946 – 1946
Tage Erlander1946 – 1969
Olof Palme1969 – 1976
Thorbjörn Fälldin1976 – 1978
Ola Ullsten1978 – 1979
Thorbjörn Fälldin1979 – 1982
Olof Palme1982 – 1986
Ingvar Carlsson1986 – 1991
Carl Bildt1991 – 1994
Ingvar Carlsson1994 – 1996
Göran Persson1996 – 2006
Fredrik Reinfeldt2006 – 2014
Stefan Löfven2014 – 2021
Magdalena Andersson2021 – 2022
Ulf Kristersson2022 – …

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

100012001400160018002000

91,400 km² in 1000, 455,600 km² in 2000; at its largest 913,500 km² in 1700. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Coat of arms of Sweden
    coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Sweden · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sodacan
  • Great coat of arms of Sweden
    coat of arms, from 1525Great coat of arms of Sweden · Public domain
  • Flag of Sweden
    flag, from 1906Flag of Sweden · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

900 – 999: 5 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other9001000 – 1099: 12 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other10001100 – 1199: 10 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other11001200 – 1299: 11 recorded — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other12001300 – 1399: 7 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other13001400 – 1499: 7 recorded — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14001500 – 1599: 14 recorded — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other15001600 – 1699: 63 recorded — 28 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 35 other16001700 – 1799: 74 recorded — 41 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 31 other17001800 – 1899: 35 recorded — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 25 other18001900 – 1999: 25 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other19002000 – 2099: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other2000

900 – 9995 rows · 2 wars and battles

1000 – 109912 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 4 more in the atlas.

1100 – 119910 rows · 1 wars and battles

and 2 more in the atlas.

1200 – 129911 rows · 4 wars and battles

and 3 more in the atlas.

1300 – 13997 rows · 2 wars and battles

1400 – 14997 rows · 3 wars and battles

1500 – 159914 rows · 4 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 6 more in the atlas.

1600 – 169963 rows · 28 wars and battles

and 55 more in the atlas.

1700 – 179974 rows · 41 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 66 more in the atlas.

1800 – 189935 rows · 9 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 27 more in the atlas.

1900 – 199925 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 17 more in the atlas.

2000 – 20996 rows · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood1,126 years

    stood longer than 98% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held1,019,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 85% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century0.9

    had more wars on record per century than 92% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median13 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 44% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record77

    has more rulers on record than 99% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

History of Sweden · Coincidence · 800 – 1521History of SwedenSweden · 900 – 2026Sweden100015002000
coincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q34 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.