The Kalmar Union
This is the year the Kalmar Union was formed
What is 1397?
This is the year of the Stockholm Bloodbath
What is 1520?
He was a German Catholic priest who was upset with the Church for selling indulgences (forgiveness)
Who was Martin Luther?
Who was Olaus Petri?
What is 1561?
This was the motto the Swedish peasants used during their rebellion against the kin of the Kalmar Union
What is “Burn the Castle”?
Gustav Trolle convinced Denmark’s King Christian II to execute this many Swedish nobles accused of heresy in what became the Stockholm Bloodbath
What is 80?
The German priest who was upset with Catholic Church for selling indulgences wrote this and hung it on church doors throughout Germany
What is the Ninety-five Theses?
he started the Protestant movement
Who was Martin Luther?
This is why the peasants in Sweden rebelled while Sweden was part of the Kalmar Union
Why is because Denmark was making war with the Hanseatic League constantly and this made it so Sweden could not trade with them yet they were being heavily taxed by the Kalmar Union?
With the support of the pope, this Danish king invaded Sweden in 1519
Who was King Christian II?
This is the year the Swedes started to go from Paganism to Catholicism (Christianity)
What is between 801-865?
What is 1544?
During this war Sweden ceded Estonia to Russia
What is The Great Northern War?
This rebellion by the Swedish peasants was against Eric of Pomerania, the King of the Kalmar Union
What is the Engelbrekt Rebellion?
In 1519, this man led a large mercenary group against the Kalmar Union and also imprisoned Gustav Trolle for supporting Sweden remaking in the Kalmar Union
Who was Stan Store the Younger?
This is the approximate year that the Swedes became primarily Catholic (Christian)
What is 1164?
This is war happened between 1618-1648 and was fought between Catholics and Protestants
What is the Thirty Years War?
These are the years when the Great Northern War was fought
What is from 1700-1721?
This is why the Kalmar Union was created
Why is to protect themselves against the (German) Hanseatic League’s expansion toward the Baltic?
In 1522, with the help of the Hanseatic League, he was able to drive the Danes out of Sweden and put an end to the Kalmar Union
Who was Gustav I Vasa?
Before the Protestant Reformation most European countries practiced this religion
What is Roman Catholicism?
This is why King Gustav I Vasa wanted Sweden to break from the Catholic Church
Why is because the Roman Catholic Church had too much economic power in Sweden?
In 1563, Denmark/Norway and Sweden/Finland fought this war because Denmark wanted complete supremacy over the Baltic region
What is the Northern Seven Years’ War?