Revolution of 1772
Gustaf III at the Revolution of 1772.
The Revolution of 1772 (Swedish: Revolutionen), also known as the Coup of Gustav III (Gustav III:s statskupp or older Gustav III:s statsvälvning) was a Swedish coup d'état performed by king Gustav III of Sweden on 19 August 1772 to introduce absolute monarchy against the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of liberty and the introduction of the Swedish Constitution of 1772.
See also[]
- Hovpartiet
- Coup of 1756
- December Crisis (1768)
- Swedish Revolution 1809[1]
References[]
- ^ [1], The Swedish nobleman Carl August Adlersparre(1810-1862) wrote "revolution" in 1849. The King (Gustav IV Adolf was forced to abdicate, and was given all the blame of Sweden's loss of Finland to Russia. If more old sources uses this word, then it has to have been considered as a revolution. The forced abdication has never been historically hidden, but what might have been commonly described as a revolution seems to have been erased. Interesting.
- Beth Hennings, Gustav III: En biografi (1957), Norstedts förlag 1990 ISBN 91-1-893862-0
- Berättelser ur svenska historien / 42. Frihetstidens sista år och Revolutionen 1772
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- 18th-century coups d'état and coup attempts
- 18th century in Sweden
- Conflicts in 1772
- 1772 in Sweden
- 18th century in Stockholm
- Sweden during the Age of Liberty
- Sweden during the Gustavian era
- Gustav III