Religion – Protestantism 95.0%, Animism 5.0%.Starting Buildings – Barracks, Governor’s Palace, Conservatorium, Cannon Foundry, Settlement Fortifications.Gentlemen – Christopher Polhem ( Sweden).
General Information Victory Conditions Ĭapture and hold 15 regions by the end of the year 1750, including: Brandenburg, Norway, Poland, Muscovy, Sweden, Denmark, and IngriaĬapture and hold 25 regions by the end of the year 1799, including: Brandenburg, Norway, Poland, Muscovy, Sweden, Denmark, Ingria, Courland, and Karelia.Ĭapture and hold 40 regions by the end of the year 1799, including: Sweden. With a home empire secured, who is to say that an overseas empire cannot be taken and held too? Sweden’s armies are the equal of any in Europe, and her navy is not without resources and skill. There is no reason why the Baltic, as a Swedish “Mare Nostrum”, cannot become the basis of a new Northern, Protestant empire. Individually, Sweden’s rivals are not quite as threatening as they might appear: Russia is huge, that much is true, but incredibly backwards. In all these potential threats, however, lurk opportunities for those bold enough to seize the chance. To the west, the other Scandinavian nations want independence or an end to Swedish domination of the Baltic. To the south, Poland-Lithuania wants its lost lands back. To the east, the Russians would like unhindered access to the Baltic, and therefore Western Europe beyond. Charles XI, however, has left an impressive arsenal in place for his son, should he wish to take up the sword and Charles XII has an obsessive interest in soldiering.Īs the new century dawns, Sweden is a strong, aggressive state, surrounded by jealous rivals from whom she has taken territory in the last hundred years.
Neither of these commodities are available in abundance, and prudent stewardship has been necessary too. This military power did, however, cost money and Swedish lives. The nation emerged from that conflict immeasurably stronger in military terms, and able to invade its Baltic neighbours at will. Even though he died in battle at Luetzen in 1632, the army that he created helped Sweden profit from the seemingly endless religious struggles of the Thirty Years War. Sweden dominates Scandinavia and the Baltic, a Northern European empire that is the legacy of the incomparable warrior-king, Gustavus II Adolphus.
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