... gain more money. Later in thirteen eighty-nine the country along with Denmark and Norway became under rule of one monarchy. This union known as the Kalmar Union was not a political union and Sweden broke away. They returned under their own crown and grew as a country in the seventeenth century to become one of the strongest military powers. To be able ... the economies and governments of many countries. Sweden stayed as neutral as possible. This was the first time that Sweden really remained a neutral country during a war so close to its boundaries. They didn't help out either side with...

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