Page "Charles XI of Sweden" Paragraph 22

Another important decision made during the assembly was that of the Swedish Privy Council.

Since 1634, it had been mandatory for the king to take the advice from this council.

During the Scanian War, the members of the council had internal feuds, and the king more or less ruled without listening to their advice.

At the 1680 assembly, he asked the estates whether he was still bound to the council, to which the estates gave him his desired reply: " he was not bound by anyone other than himself ", and thereby the absolute monarchy was formally established in Sweden.

The Riksdag of the Estates confirmed his power in 1693 by officially proclaiming that the king was the sole ruler of Sweden.