Sweden

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, was a northern European monarchy that existed after the collapse of the Kalmar Union. In Varna, said collapse occurred due to the secessions of Sweden and Norway during the First Baltic War, leaving behind the constituent kingdom of Denmark as a successor state.
On the Tatsumaki score ranking, "Swedish" is Level 9.
== Background (The First Baltic War) ==
The First Baltic War began in late 1506, and as the Poles advanced effortlessly through Prussia, the Kalmar Union became increasingly concerned by their expanding influence in the Baltic region, so the Union declared war on Poland and Livonia, and Swedish forces began invading the latter. As Prussia fell, a new front opened in Finland, where Swedish forces had to contend with both Novgorod and the recently-formed Finno-Sami Confederation. The Swedish contingent of the Kalmar government felt that they were bearing the brunt of the war, and so they seceded from the Kalmar Union in October 1508. With Norway's secession from the union the next month, the Treaty of Riga was signed to end the war. Sweden was now officially independent, but they had lost all control over their Finnish territories.
== The Bothnia War ==
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== The Livonian War ==
When the Livonian Confederation collapsed into a civil war, between the bishoprics and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword (the Livonian Order), the Poles took the opportunity to steal Courland away in late 1537. Sweden, like the Kalmar Union before them, were critical towards the increasing Polish influence in the Baltic region, so in order to do the same, Sweden began supporting the Livonian Order in early December. The ulterior motive of this gesture was to receive something in exchange, specifically the strategic city of Riga. However, the Danes and Norwegians had deduced Sweden's predictable plan, and in June 1540 the Norwegian fleet helped the Danish army steal away the city. Realising this the next month, Sweden assimilated all of their troops in Estonia in order to annex the territory and leave the Livonians to their fate. They would end up as a Polish vassal known as the Duchy of Livonia.
== The Ingrian War ==
In order to connect Estonia with the rest of Sweden by land, Sweden declared war on the Novgorod Republic in December 1543, to take away the territory of Ingria.
* Sweden began their invasion on New Years' Day 1544.
** They quickly took the coastline they desired despite the fierce Novgorodian resistance, but reached a stalemate as they attempted to break further inland.
* Ryazan also began an invasion on New Year's Day 1546.
** The Swedish-Novgorodian stalemate was broken, as Novgorod was caught between two fronts.
* The war ended on New Year's Day 1547.
** Sweden annexed their desired Ingria, as well as western Karelia. The rest of the Novgorod Republic was annexed by Ryazan to form Russia.
== The Second Baltic War ==
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