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The Vikings
The Black Death "Svartedauen" sweeps Sweden
Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway
WW2 - Sweden declares its neutrality
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   The Vikings were prolific seafaring warriors from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The early Danish timeline reflects the history of the Vikings 
     
  793Swedish Vikings first raid in England. The monastery of St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne is sacked 
     
  844Vikings raid Seville in Spain 
     
  845Vikings, led by Ragnor, travel up the River Seine in France 
     
  845The French King pays a ransom to prevent the sacking of Paris 
     
  860Vikings attack Constantinople 
     
  862Vikings found Novgorod in Russia 
     
  874Vikings settle Iceland 
     
  900Vikings raid the Mediterranean coasts 
     
  911Vikings under Rollo are settled in Normandy 
     
  981Erik the Red discovers Greenland 
     
  986Vikings land in Canada 
     
  965Harald Bluetooth (King Harold I) converts the Danes to Christianity 
     
  1000Greenland and Iceland are converted to Christianity by the Vikings 
     
  1001Leif Eriksson reaches the American coast 
     
  1050Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center. 
     
  1350The Bubonic Plague (the Black Death) "Svartedauen" sweeps Sweden and Scandinavia killing one third of the inhabitants 
     
  1397Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power 
     
  1523King Gustav I of Sweden re-establishes separation of the Swedish Crown from the union. The Vasa Dynasty lasts from 1523 - 1654 
     
  16111611-1718 Sweden becomes a great power 
     
  16541654 - 1720 Wittelsbach Dynasty (Pfalzisks) 
     
  1632Queen Christina rules Sweden from 1632 - 1654 
     
  17201720 - 1751 Brabant Dynasty (Hessen) 
     
  17511751 - 1818 Holsten-Gottorp Dynasty 
     
  1814Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden 
     
  18181818 - Present Day: The Bernadotte Swedish Dynasty 
     
  1901Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist and industrialist, initiates the Nobel prize awards 
     
  1905The union with Sweden disintegrates and Norway becomes an independent kingdom 
     
  19141914-1918:  World War I 
     
  19391939 - 1945 World War 2 
     
  1939Sweden declares its neutrality - Sweden remains neutral but rejects a request from Germany to use its territory as a transit route for German troops 
     
  1940Sweden is forced to allow German troops to march through Sweden to Norway 
     
  1945August 1945: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
     
  1945Germany surrenders to the Allies. 
     
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