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Sweden Establishes Baltic Sea Supremacy (1636)

Type Event Region Baltic Sea Time 1636

After the Truce of Stuhmsdorf removed the eastern threat in 1636, Sweden consolidated naval dominance of the Baltic, turning it into an internal lake…

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  1. 1635–1636Eastern Baltic Sea · Baltic SeaAfter the signing of the Truce of Stuhmsdorf, Sweden no longer needed to maintain large-scale army and navy deployments on the Polish front, allowing it to shift more fleet resources to the core Baltic area and strengthen monitoring and protection of trade routes.
  2. 1636Pomeranian coast · PomeraniaSweden controlled key ports such as Stralsund, Rügen, Riga, and Reval (Tallinn), forming a strategic encirclement of Baltic trade and effectively cutting off other powers' ability to conduct bulk commodity trade while bypassing Swedish-controlled areas.

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