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- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule abstract "Estonia under Swedish rule signifies the time between 1558 and 1710, when parts of present-day Estonia (and after 1645 all of the present-day country) were under Swedish rule. In the wake of the breakup of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Baltic German local aristocracy in the areas of Harrien (Harjumaa) and Wierland (Virumaa), as well as the city of Reval (Tallinn) in June 1561 (and somewhat later Jerwen (Järvamaa)) asked for and were granted protection by the Swedish king Eric XIV, leading to Swedish involvement in the Livonian War. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1583, Sweden was in control of the northern parts of modern Estonia and Hiiumaa island; this territory was created the Duchy of Estonia. Following renewed wars between Poland and Sweden, the southern parts of present-day Estonia (then Livonia) were incorporated into Sweden by the Treaty of Altmark in 1629. In 1645, Sweden also conquered the island of Ösel (Saaremaa) from Denmark, and were thus in control of all of present-day Estonia.The time of Swedish rule came to an effective end in 1710,when all the Swedish Baltic provinces capitulated to Russian troops during the end-stages of the Great Northern War. Russian hegemony was formalized in 1721.The reasons for Swedish involvement in Estonia were economical as well as political and military. The Swedish Crown was not least interested in getting a share of the profits from the rich trade with Russia. At the same time, assertions in Estonia can also been seen as a way of preventing Russia and Denmark from gaining potentially dangerous footholds close to Swedish-controlled Finland.The time of Swedish rule is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "good old Swedish times" (Estonian: vana hea Rootsi aeg). However, it remains unclear whether the contemporaneous Estonian-speaking population generally used this expression or whether they considered the time of Swedish rule significantly better than that of earlier foreign rulers. Especially during the later part of the Swedish rule of Estonia, Swedish authorities did however enact a number of reforms which were aimed at lessening the influence of the local German-speaking aristocracy, to the benefit of the local Estonian-speaking peasantry. In the light of this, there is some evidence to suggest that the Estonian-speaking population considered Swedish rule as characterised by the rule of law, and it has been recorded that in later, harsh times the lower classes have expressed a wish for a return to Swedish rule.Swedish reforms, some of lasting influence, also included the establishment of the University of Tartu (as well as other educational institutions, e.g. the Gustav Adolf Grammar School); staunchly promoting Lutheranism and providing translations of the Bible into Estonian; and creating a court of appeal in Tartu.".
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- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Absolute_monarchy.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Appellate_court.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Baltic_German.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Baltic_Germans.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Baltic_Sea.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Baltic_nobility.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Baltic_states.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Narva_(1700).
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Bible.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Capitulation_of_Estonia_and_Livonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Estonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Church.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Charles_XI_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Court_of_appeal.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Creative_Commons.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Denmark.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Estonia_(1561–1721).
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Livonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Eric_XIV.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Eric_XIV_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Estonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Estonian_Swedes.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Estonian_language.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Estonian_mythology.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Fief.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Fiefdom.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Finland.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Great_Northern_War.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Gustav_Adolf_Grammar_School.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Gustav_I_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Gustav_Vasa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Gustavus_II_Adolphus.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Harju_County.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Harjumaa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Hiiumaa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Johan_Skytte.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Johannes_Rudbeckius.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink John_III_of_Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Järva_County.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Järvamaa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Landtag.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Latvia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Livonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Livonian_Order.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Livonian_War.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Lutheranism.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Middle_Ages.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Narva.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Northern_Crusades.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Peace_of_Nystad.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Poland.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Reduction_(Sweden).
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Riga.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Riksdag.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Roslags-Bro_Church.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Rule_of_law.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Runestone.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Russian_Empire.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Saaremaa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Second_Treaty_of_Brömsebro_(1645).
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Serfdom.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink State_of_the_Teutonic_Order.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Sweden.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_Empire.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_Estonians.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_Governors-General.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_Livonia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_nobility.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Tallinn.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Tartu.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Teutonic_Order.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Altmark.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Nystad.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Plussa.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Truce_of_Altmark.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Tsardom_of_Russia.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Tartu.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Viking_Age.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink Virumaa.
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- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink File:Erik_XIV_(1533-1577)_Domenicus_Verwildt.jpg.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink File:Koluvere_linnus_vallikraaviga.jpg.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLink File:Sw_BalticProv_en.png.
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "Estonia under Swedish rule".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swedish Estonia".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swedish Rule".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swedish rule in Estonia".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "Swedish rule".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "conquest by Sweden".
- Estonia_under_Swedish_rule wikiPageWikiLinkText "time of Swedish rule of Estonia".