The Swedes: The Main Nordic-Europeans

Contents
Series Preface
	Post-Nationality in the European  Union’s East and North
	The Dutch: Creativity in the Face of Nature
	The Poles: Myths and Reality
	The Hungarians: Borders of Language  and Dilemmas of Identity
	The Bulgarians: A Forged Mélange
	The Swedes: The Main Nordic-Europeans
In Memoriam
Introduction
Chapter 1
Before the Middle Ages
	The Ancient Inhabitants of Sweden  and Their Country
	The Viking Age
	The Coming of Christianity
Chapter 2
The Middle Ages in Sweden  (1100-1500 AD)
	First Identification of Swedish Nationality
	Religion and Nationality and a Comment on the Peasants’ Participation in the National Cause
Chapter 3
Modernism and Signs of National Cohesion in the 16th Century
Chapter 4
Age of Greatness: Sweden as a European Power
	Introduction to the Chapter
	General Understandings Stemming  from this Chapter
	National Characteristics
	Religious Consolidation and  National Consolidation
	Background of Matters  Before Gustavus Began to Act
	Kalmar War against Denmark
	Struggles against the Russians
	A War against Poland from Its North Side
	The Outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War  and the Swedish Invasion of Prussia
	The City of Stralsund
	Swedish Probes against the Emperor’s Army
	Breitenfeld Battle and Its Aftermath
Chapter 5
Rocking in a Loss of Way (1648-1810)
	Sweden Depleted After the  Thirty Years’ War (1648-1718)
	Absolute Monarchy Rule as a Cancellation  of Nationality
	The Decline in the Power of Kings and the Rise  of Democratic Freedom (1721-1771)
	Absolute Monarchy While Maintaining  the Existence of Nationality
	The Gustavian Period (1771-1810)
Chapter 6
The Swedes and Their Neutrality  as a Means for the Preservation  of Their National Essence  (1810-1945)
	Union with Norway
	Internal Processes
	Neutrality and Scandinavian Ties While Maintaining Separate Swedish Nationality  until World War I
	World War I
	Between the World Wars
	World War II
Chapter 7
European and Global Integration  and Swedish National Identity While Building a Welfare State
	European Integration: The European Union
Chapter 8
Concluding Remarks Regarding the Identity and Essence of the Swedes and Their Nationality
	Sten Sture’s Affair
	Early Swedish Nationality Following  the Sten Sture's Affair
	The Gustavian Period in Sweden (1771-1810)
	The Swedes and Their Neutrality as a Means  of Preserving Their National Independence  (1810-1945)
	Union of Sweden with Norway
	The European Belonging  of the Swedes
	The Swedes in the Face of European Integration within the Framework of the European Community and the EU
References
About the Author
Index
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