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The loss of Finland to Russia in the Finnish War, settled in the Treaty of Fredrikshamn, provided momentum for the Swedish nobility and other forces to depose the king and restore political power to parliament. For half a century, starting in 1719, often referred to as the age of liberty, Sweden had enjoyed parliamentary rule under the Riksdag of the Estates, but in 1772Events February 17 First partition of Poland, by Russia and Prussia, later including Austria May Watauga Association formed in East Tennessee as the first independent Anglo-American government. June 9 British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island. that was ended by a coup d'etat perpetrated by Gustav IIIGustav III ( 13 January 1746 ( O. 24 January 1746 ( N. March 29, 1792) was the King of Sweden from February 12, 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of Adolf Fredrick, King of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.. The coup enabled Gustav III to rule as an enlightened despotEnlightened absolutism (also known as enlightened despotism) is the absolutist rule of an enlightened monarch . This is a reference to the so-called Enlightenment, a historical period of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The main Enlightenment-era propon.
The aged and childless brother of Gustav III, Charles XIII was made king in 1809, but he was a mere puppet in the hands of parliament and the question of his successor had to be solved. The election, by parliament, of the French Marshall Jean-Baptiste BernadotteKing Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway or domestically Carl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte ( January 26, 1763 March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte ( 1711- 1780), procurat in 1810Events January 10 Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled January 20 Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer executed March 11 Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria April 19 Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is, provided not only a successor, but also a vital regent and a new dynasty. The rights of Bernadottes successors to accede to the Swedish throne became an amendment to the constitution in the form of the Act of SuccessionThe Act of Succession or Successionsordningen is a part of the Swedish Constitution. It was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates on September 26, 1810 and it regulates the right of members of the House of Bernadotte to accede to the Swedish throne. The c (1810).
The Instrument of Government of 1809 replaced the Instrument of Government from 1772. It remained the second oldest written constitution in the world after the Constitution of the United States until 1975, when it was replaced by a new Instrument of Government, which made Sweden also formally a parliamentary monarchy.
During the period when it was in force several important reforms took place without affecting its status. In 1866 the Four Estates were replaced by a bicameral parliament, and in 1876 the office of the Prime Minister of Sweden was introduced. In the early 20th century universal suffrage was introduced and the country became a de facto parliamentary monarchy. In 1970 the parliament was transformed from a bicameral legislature to the unicameral Riksdag.