* 1660 – With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden's enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused.

In 1870, Malmö overtook Norrköping to become Sweden's third most populous city and by 1900 Malmö had strengthened this position with 60, 000 inhabitants.

In 1995, Malmö had Sweden's highest unemployment rate

There was some excuse for her ; she had lost three babies and still felt herself an isolated foreigner in a hostile land, even more so after 1627 when her brother joined Sweden's enemies.

After the then Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson had submitted Sweden's application in July 1991 the negotiations began in February 1993.

While some argued that it went against Sweden's historic policy of neutrality, where Sweden had not joined during the Cold War because it was seen as incompatible with neutrality, others viewed the move as a natural extension of the economic cooperation that had been going on since 1972 with the EU.

Both teams had gone through the tournament without loss, but Sweden's fast breaks became the key in the final ; they scored 14 of their 34 goals on fast breaks.

Sweden's industry had not been damaged by the war and it was in a position to help re-build Northern Europe in the decades following 1945.

Peter I had meanwhile recovered and gained ground in Sweden's Baltic provinces, where he cemented Russia's access to the Baltic Sea by founding Saint Petersburg in 1703.

Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the bloodbath in which his father was executed, and his election as King on June 6, 1523 ( currently recognised as the National holiday of Sweden ) and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy as well as the Kalmar Union, which had united the Nordic kingdoms since 1397, and the commencing of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa which, currently under the House of Bernadotte, continues to date.

It initiated the negotiations for Sweden's accession to the European Union ( though the work to prepare the ground, at home and versus the EEC / EU, had already started during the final year of the Social Democratic government.

Shortly before his assassination, Palme had been accused of being pro-Soviet and not sufficiently safeguarding Sweden's national interest.

Sweden's new regency was forced to accept a far less dominant role than they had held before the battle.

Sweden's weak economy had suffered during the war and was now in a deep crisis.

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.

The nobles, including his former supporter Bo Jonsson Grip, Sweden's largest landowner who controlled a third of the entirety of the Swedish territory and had the largest non-royal wealth in the country, soon conspired to get rid of him, resenting his attempts to restrict the traditional privileges of the nobility, as well as his use of German officials to fill important administrative positions in the Swedish provinces.

* In 1809, the Riksdag elected Charles XIII King after his nephew Gustav IV Adolf had been deposed, and after the new King had accepted a new constitution that ended Sweden's second Autocracy ( 1789 – 1809 ).

Oslo was awarded the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1930 ; with exception of Sweden's Erik Rylandet who finished fifth, Norway had the top ten positions.

In 1943 more than 500 of Sweden's municipalities had fewer than 500 inhabitants, and the 1943 års kommunindelningskommitté (" Municipal subdivision commission of 1943 ") proposed that the number of rural municipalities should be drastically reduced.

Their anguish was exacerbated by the fact that the province had been lost to Sweden's arch-enemy, Russia.

Władysław IV's father, Sigismund III Vasa, grandson of Sweden's King Gustav I, had succeeded his father to the Swedish throne in 1592, only to be deposed in 1599 by his uncle, subsequently King Charles IX.

At the beginning of that year Charles had concluded an alliance with Tsar Vasili IV of Russia against their common foe, the Polish king ; but when, in 1610, Vasili was deposed by his own subjects and the whole tsardom seemed to be on the verge of dissolution, Sweden's policy towards Russia changed its character.

Moreover, two of Sweden's Baltic provinces, Estonia and Ingria, had been seized by the tsar, and a third, Livonia, had been well-nigh ruined.

The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception and won four Guldbagge Awards ( Sweden's official film awards ) at the 1999 ceremony.

Sweden's Bjorn Wirdheim won the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Drivers

Sweden's row of three successive Championships was broken in Slovenia in 2004, when Germany won despite not being touted as a medal candidate by news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur.

* Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark won both the giant slalom and the slalom.

* At the age of 72, Sweden's 100 metre running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever.

Claes Johanson won Sweden's only gold medal in the light heavyweight competition, with his fellow finalist from Russia, Martin Klein, retiring before fighting Johanson in the final.

In January 1999, Philippoussis and Jelena Dokić won the Hopman Cup for Australia, defeating Sweden's Åsa Carlsson and Jonas Björkman in the final tie.

This unrelenting approach towards drug users, together with generous treatment opportunities have won UNODC's approval and is cited by the UN as one the main reason for Sweden's relatively low drug prevalence rates.

Whilst in Gothenburg, the employees established a team, Örgryte Idrottsällskap and won Sweden's first ever football match.

< i > Bleeding Heart Square </ i > won Sweden's Martin Beck Award, the Golden Crowbar, in 2009.

The Swedish translation of the novel ( Änglarösten ) won Sweden's Martin Beck Award for the best crime novel in translation.

The race was won by Ferrari's Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann, with Sweden's Ronnie Peterson, driving the revolutionary Ground effect Lotus 78-Ford, on pole position with a time of 1: 40. 45.

Having been named Sweden's best singer in 2000, he has also won awards for his lyrics and for the band's live performances.

In the end, it was Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg who won her first championship, and Sweden's first since 1999, with a win in the final over the United States, skipped by Cassandra Johnson.

Sweden failed to win any of their matches at that tournament, but after scoring against Brazil, Brolin was soon signed by Italian club AC Parma for £ 1. 2 million pounds ( out of a possible 12 buyers ), and also won his first Guldbollen as Sweden's footballer of the year.

Things improved in Sweden's next game with Russia, with Brolin playing behind Martin Dahlin and the towering Kennet Andersson, as Sweden won 3 – 1.

Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his The Best Intentions.

In 1959, both the football team and Djurgårdens IF's hockey team won their respective Swedish Championships of Sweden's two most popular sports, a remarkable happening.

On 4th August 2012, Spirig won Gold in the Olympic Women's Triathlon, winning a close race in a photo finish with Sweden's Lisa Nordén.

He has performed for royalty, won awards for his artistic efforts and shared the stage with many of Sweden's most beloved artists.

Jönsson won Guldpucken ( Sweden's player of the year ) in 1997.

She won a best newcomer award in Sweden's Grammy awards in 1996.

In 1989, he won the Guldbollen as Sweden's Footballer of the Year.