Middle Ages
Kingdom of Sweden
- Period
- AD 980 – today
- Duration
- approx. 1,044 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1564
- Area (max.)
- approx. 726,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Sweden — according to the map data from AD 980 to today, roughly 1,044 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Sweden — greatest extent around AD 1564: the mapped borders then cover about 726,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 979)
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
After
No successors in the map data.
Neighbours around AD 1564
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Tsardom of Russia
- House of Jagiellon
- Kingdom of Spain
- Denmark-Norway
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Duchy of Prussia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1564 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Sweden on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.