Swedish Empire (1611-1721)

The Swedish Empire (Swedish: stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region. The beginning of the period is usually taken as the reign of Gustavus Adolphus, who ascended the throne in 1611, and its end as the loss of territories in 1721 following the Great Northern War. 

Swedish overseas colonies

• New Sweden (1638-1655)
• Swedish Gold Coast (1650-1663)

• Swedish Ingria (1617-1721)

Reign of Gustavus II Adolphus (1611-1632)

King

• Gustavus II Adolphus the Great (1611-1632)

Lord High Chancellor

• Axel Oxenstierna (1612-1654)

Lord High Admiral

• Carl Gyllenhielm (1620-1650)

Commander-in-chief of the Army

• Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1676)

Field Marshals

• Lennart Torstensson
• Johan Banér
• Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
• Carl Gyllenhielm (1616)

Rulers

• Gustavus II Adolphus the Great (1611-1632)
• Charles X Gustav (1654-1660)
• Charles XI of Sweden (1660-1697)
• Charles XII (1697-1718)