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Gustav Vasa

Type Figure Region Sweden Time 1496–1560 Also known as Gustav Vasa、Gustav I、Gustav Eriksson Vasa、古斯塔夫一世

Founding monarch of Sweden's Vasa dynasty, elected King of Sweden in 1523, ending Kalmar Union rule and laying the foundations of the modern Swedish …

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  1. 1496–1520Rydboholm Castle · UpplandBorn into a Swedish noble family, he received military and courtly training at the court of Sten Sture. After the Stockholm Bloodbath of 1520 killed his father, he fled to Dalarna province to organize resistance against Danish rule.
  2. 1521–1523Dalarna · DalarnaIn 1521 he launched an uprising in Dalarna, uniting peasant and noble forces against King Christian II of Denmark. He gradually recovered Swedish territory, laying the foundation for an independent state.
  3. 1523–1530Stockholm · StockholmElected king at Strängnäs on June 6, 1523, he entered Stockholm weeks later, marking the end of the Kalmar Union in Sweden. Thereafter he consolidated royal power and carried out financial and church reforms, laying the foundation for Sweden's modern state system.

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