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Born October 4, 1550 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died October 30, 1611 (aged 61) • Nyköping • Sweden
Title / Office king (1604-1611), Sweden
Role In Kalmar War

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Swedish regent
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Gustav I Vasa
king of Sweden
Erik XIV
Erik XIV
king of Sweden
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
Charles XII
Charles XII
king of Sweden
Axel, Count Oxenstierna
chancellor of Sweden
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
king of Poland and Sweden
John III
John III
king of Sweden
Per Albin Hansson
Per Albin Hansson
prime minister of Sweden
Bengt Gabrielsson, Count Oxenstierna
Swedish statesman
Gustav IV Adolf
Gustav IV Adolf
king of Sweden
Lennart Torstenson, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1648; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden.
Lennart Torstenson
Swedish military officer
Sten Sture, the Younger
regent of Sweden
Johan August, Baron Gripenstedt
Swedish baron
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Olaf
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
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Elizabeth I
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Peter I
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