Page "Charles XII of Sweden" Paragraph 40

In 1901, August Strindberg in his play Karl XII broke with the heroization practice, showing an introvert late Charles XII in conflict with his impoverished subjects.

In the so-called Strindberg feud ( 1910 – 1912 ), his response to the " Swedish cult of Charles XII " ( Steene ) was that Charles had been " Sweden's ruin, the great offender, a ruffian, the rowdies ' idol, a counterfeiter.

" Verner von Heidenstam however, one of his opponents in the feud, in his book Karolinerna instead " emphasized the heroic steadfastness of the Swedish people in the somber years of trial during the long-drawn-out campaigns of Karl XII " ( Scott ).