Sweden (Chaos)

Slow rise
The history of Sweden started to diverge in 1240, when the Swedes did NOT attack, due to the lack of a Mongol attack on. 1288, the island of Gotland became Swedish. From 1319-65, Eriksson was also king of. In 1352, he conquered Skane (South Sweden) from ; but 1361-64, the defeated Sweden-Norway in a trade war, which influenced Norway to declare independence again.

In 1426, Eriksson allied with  against the. 1432 they were victorious; kept its conquests from the last war and also got, Sweden got Estonia (that's only the northern half of OTL Estonia, though).

Scandinavian Unions and colonial empire
had discovered America in 1381. In 1466, the Swedes joined the colonial race, founded, their first city in , at the site of OTL Wilmington, Delaware. They claimed the whole Chesapeake peninsula for Sweden. 1479/80, Sweden made war with Norway, occupied and annexed the Norwegian province of Jämtland.

1504, king Birgersson was deposed, for being unpopular and having no heir. Knut Karlsson of the Bonde family was made regent. But 1520, the nobles of Sweden decided to make new king, since Knut Karlsson also has no heir. 1523, he also was elected new king of Norway, now reigning all of Scandinavia. Under his rule, the church property was nationalized and the bible translated. But in 1541, all his work fell apart again when his son Gerhard of Denmark, Norway and Sweden was deposed for complete madness. Denmark fell into Civil War, with various (wannabe) contenders fighting; Norway became a nobles' republic again, Sweden declared independence too. With Scandinavia in Civil War / unrest, the other powers used the opportunity: Nystad, the capital of, was taken in 1543 by the Dutch; the South and West of the Chesapeake peninsula went to. The and  made a treaty, ruling the border between their colonies in Atlantis, and promising to respect their borders.

In 1544, the Swedes made Gustav of the Sture family new regent, who managed that the office stayed in the family. But in 1567, his son Sten was deposed after one of his young nephews dies suddenly under unclear circumstances. Instead,, already king of , , Denmark and Norway, became king of Sweden, thus forming the second Scandinavian Union. After his death in 1588, his vast lands were divided: Scotland and Ireland went to his elder son, Scandinavia to his younger son Christian /.

Only a few years after, in 1592 attacked Sweden. In the 1594, Scandinavia had to give Estonia and parts of  to Russia. The nobles of Sweden became discontent and deposed king Kristian in 1595, electing Albrecht / of  new king. Thus, Sweden now became entangled in German affairs.

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