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Gustav I (born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family; 12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of ...
Gustav I Vasa was the king of Sweden (1523–60), founder of the Vasa ruling line, who established Swedish sovereignty independent of Denmark. Gustav was the son of a Swedish senator and of a noble family whose members had played a prominent part in the factious aristocratic politics of 15th-century.
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In 1523, after the Stockholm bloodbath and the abolition of the Kalmar Union, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) became King Gustav I of Sweden and the royal house was founded. His reign is sometimes referred to as the beginning of the modern Swedish state, which included the King's break with the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant ...
Gustav Vasa devoted the major part of his rule to domestic politics, and he is credited with establishing Sweden as a sovereign state. His initial goal as king was to stabilize the nation’s financial situation.
Contents. The early Vasa kings (1523–1611) Gustav I Vasa, portrait after J. Binck, 1542; in the University of Uppsala, Sweden. After Gustav I Vasa was elected to the throne in 1523, he began to restore the power of the Swedish king and to organize a central administration under his own direct leadership.
Gustav Vasa came to power after having taken Stockholm with support from Dalarna and Lübeck. On 6 June 1523, he was named king of Sweden and rode into Stockholm on Midsummer Day that year.
Discover the fascinating story of Vasa, the sunken warship that became a symbol of Sweden and its king. Learn about its art, construction and fate.
