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	Frederick I of Sweden
		Frederick I of Sweden (April 23, 1676 - March 25, 1751), King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1730.
		Some historians have suggested that Frederick fired the shot, generally claimed to have been a stray bullet, that caused the death of his brother-in-law Charles XII of Sweden in 1718.
		His second wife, whom he married in 1715, was Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (1688-1741), daughter of Charles XI of Sweden (1655-1697) and of Ulrika Eleonore of Denmark (1656-1693).
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/f/fr/frederick_i_of_sweden.html

	Encyclopedia: Adolf Frederick of Sweden
		Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710â“ February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death.
		Charles XIII, Karl XIII, or Carl II, (1748-1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748.
		Gustaf Gustafsson of Vasa (1799 - 1877) was the son of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Adolf-Frederick-of-Sweden

	Charles XIII of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
		On the accession of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (November 1796), the duke became a mere cipher in politics till the March 13, 1809, when those who had dethroned Gustav IV Adolf appointed him regent, and finally elected king by Riksdag of the Estates.
		On the death of Gustav III, Charles, now duke of Sudermannia, acted as regent of Sweden till 1796; but the real ruler of the country was the narrow-minded and vindictive Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, whose mischievous influence over him was supreme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_XIII_of_Sweden

	Gustav III of Sweden
		Gustav III, King of Sweden, born January 13, 1746 (O.S.) (= January 24 (N.S.)), ascended the throne February 12, 1771, dead March 29, 1792, the eldest son of Adolf Fredrick, King of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
		On the November 4, 1766, Gustav married Sophie Magdalen, daughter of Frederick V of Denmark.
		On his way home Gustav paid a short visit to his uncle, Frederick the Great, at Potsdam.
	usapedia.com /g/gustav-iii-of-sweden.html

	Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On October 31, 1797 Gustav married Frederica, daughter of Charles Frederick, grand-duke of Baden, a marriage which might have led to a war with Russia but for the fanatical hatred of the French republic shared by the emperor Paul of Russia and Gustav IV Adolf, which served as a bond of union between them.
		Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1800 until his abdication in 1809.
		At the suggestion of King Oscar II of Sweden his body was brought to Sweden and interred in the Riddarholmskyrkan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden

	semla
		King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after consuming a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sour cabbage, smoked herring and champagne that was topped off by his favourite dessert Hetvägg, which is a Semla served in a bowl of hot milk.
		It is traditional that the pastry is consumed on Shrove Tuesday, which in Sweden is known as Fettisdagen or "Fat Tuesday", but it is seasonally available from New Years until the start of Lent.
		There are several different ways to eat a Semla and several different names for it, but the most common way today is to have the bun filled with marzipan and whipped cream and a lid of the bun covered with icing sugar.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /semla.html

	Union with Sweden (from Norway) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, he was created duke of Södermanland by his elder brother, King Gustav III, and later served as admiral of the fleet during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90).
		Norway is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the North Sea, on the south by the Skagerrak Straits, and on the east by Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
		city and capital of Värmland län (county), southwest-central Sweden, on the island of Tingvalla and on the northern shore of Lake Vänern, at the mouth of the Klar River.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-39313?tocId=39313

	May 14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1710- King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d.
		1912 - King Frederick VIII of Denmark (b.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/May_14

	List of Swedish monarchs - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
		1751-1771 : Adolf Frederick of Sweden (Adolf Fredrik)
		1950-1973 : Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (Gustav VI Adolf)
		1720-1751 : Frederick I of Sweden (Fredrik I)
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/li/List_of_Swedish_monarchs.html

	1770.html
		Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (1751-1771)\n
		Prussia- Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
		August 3 - King Frederick William III of Prussia
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/1/17/1770.html

	Adolf Butenandt - Biography
		Adolf Frederick Johann Butenandt was born on March 24, 1903 at Bremerhaven-Wesermünde.
		He was awarded several medals and prizes from Germany, France, Sweden and England, he received the Grand Cross for Federal Services with Star (1959), he holds six honorary doctorates (Munich, Graz, Leeds, Madrid and two from Tübingen) and is Freeman of the city of Bremerhaven.
		In 1927 he graduated at the University of Göttingen, where he had studied under Adolf Windaus.
	nobelprize.org /chemistry/laureates/1939/butenandt-bio.html

	February 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1771- Gustav III became the King of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick "ate himself to death".
		1771- King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/February_12

	1771 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
		February 12 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b.
		October 9 - Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick (d.
		September 23 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d.
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	1710
		May 14 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (+ 1771)
	www.fastload.org /17/1710.html

	1710 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		May 14 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d.
		November 22 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1710

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Gillberg, Jakob
		In 1751 he executed a series of engravings of Olof Tillaeus, the Dean of Stockholm Cathedral, and his family after the originals by Petter Landsberg (1706–63) and in 1754 portraits of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (reg 1751–71) and Lovisa Ulrica, Queen of Sweden.
		Besides working privately for patrons, he engraved portraits of Gustav III, King of Sweden and his wife Queen Sophia Magdalena in 1773 and their son Crown Prince Gustav Adolf (later Gustav IV Adolf) in 1781.
		He received a military scholarship to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1755–8) as the protégé of Carl Gustav Tessin and Alexander Roslin, and with their assistance he was appointed military draughtsman in 1757.
	www.artnet.com /library/03/0322/T032259.asp

	Charles XIII of Sweden
		Charles XIII, Karl XIII, or Carl II, (1748-1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748.
		On the accession of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (November 1796), the duke became a mere cipher in politics till the March 13, 1809, when those who had dethroned Gustav IV Adolf appointed him regent, and finally elected king by Riksdag of the Estates.
		On the death of Gustav III, Charles, now duke of Sudermannia, acted as regent of Sweden till 1796; but the real ruler of the country was the narrow-minded and vindictive Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, whose mischievous influence over him was supreme.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ch/charles_xiii_of_sweden.html

	Encyclopedia: Gustav-III-of-Sweden
		He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
		Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837), king of Sweden, of the house Holstein-Gottorp, was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and born at Stockholm on November 1, 1778.
		Gustav was inspired by a burning enthusiasm for the greatness and welfare of Sweden, and worked in the same reformatory direction as the other contemporary sovereigns of the "age of enlightenment".
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gustav_III_of_Sweden

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Gillberg, Jakob
		Besides working privately for patrons, he engraved portraits of Gustav III, King of Sweden and his wife Queen Sophia Magdalena in 1773 and their son Crown Prince Gustav Adolf (later Gustav IV Adolf) in 1781.
		In 1751 he executed a series of engravings of Olof Tillaeus, the Dean of Stockholm Cathedral, and his family after the originals by Petter Landsberg (1706–63) and in 1754 portraits of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (reg 1751–71) and Lovisa Ulrica, Queen of Sweden.
		He received a military scholarship to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1755–8) as the protégé of Carl Gustav Tessin and Alexander Roslin, and with their assistance he was appointed military draughtsman in 1757.
	www.artnet.com /library/03/0322/T032259.asp

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		Adolf-Frederick, a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, succeeded in Sweden after the childless death of King Frederick I, who was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1751).
		The reign of the House of Palatinate ended in Sweden when Queen Ulrica-Eleonor abdicated in favor of her husband Frederick, Hereditary Prince (from 1730 ruling Landgrave) of Hesse-Kassel (1721).
		Sweden ceded Bremen and Verden to the Elector of Hanover.
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/sweden.html (5748 words)

	Sophie Magdalen of Denmark
		After King Adolf Frederick (Adolf Frederick: adolf frederick of sweden, or adolf fredrik (may 14, 1710 - february 12,...
		In 1809, she was forced to witness the abdication (abdication: The act of abdicating) of her son, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden: more facts about this subject) 's abdication after Sweden lost Finland (Finland: Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) to Russia.
		In 1778, Sofia gave birth to Gustav Adolf (Gustav Adolf: more facts about this subject), successor to the throne; and in 1782 she gave birth to a second son, Charles Gustaf who lived for only one year.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/sophie_magdalen_of_denmark (310 words)

	ipedia.com: List of Swedish monarchs Article
		1751-1771 : Adolf Frederick of Sweden (Adolf Fredrik)
		1950-1973 : Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (Gustav VI Adolf)
		1720-1751 : Frederick I of Sweden (Fredrik I)
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_swedish_monarchs.html (695 words)

	Charles XIII of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
		On the coming of age of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (November 1796), the duke became a mere cipher in politics till the March 13, 1809, when those who had dethroned Gustav IV Adolf appointed him regent, and finally elected king by Riksdag of the Estates.
		On the death of Gustav III, Charles, now duke of Södermanland, acted as regent of Sweden till 1796; but the real ruler of the country was the narrow-minded and vindictive Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, whose mischievous influence over him was supreme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_XIII_of_Sweden (413 words)

	Adolf Frederick of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death.
		He was elected crown prince to the heirless king Frederick I of Sweden after the bungled war against Russia, which ended losses in the Treaty of Turku 1745.
		Through his mother, he descended from king Gustav I of Sweden and from a sister of Charles X of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden (413 words)

	Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On October 31, 1797 Gustav married Frederica, daughter of Charles Frederick, grand-duke of Baden, a marriage which might have led to a war with Russia but for the fanatical hatred of the French republic shared by the emperor Paul of Russia and Gustav IV Adolf, which served as a bond of union between them.
		Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778– February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809.
		At the suggestion of King Oscar II of Sweden his body was brought to Sweden and interred in the Riddarholmskyrkan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden (717 words)

	Adolf Frederick of Sweden
		Adolf Frederick of Sweden or Adolf Fredrik (May 14 1710 - February 12 1771) was the son of Christian August Schleswig-Holstein-Eutin (1673 - 1726) and Albertina Frederica von Baden-Durlach (1682- 1755).
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		He was king of Sweden (1751- 1771).
	www.freeglossary.com /Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden (717 words)

	The era of Gustav III (from Sweden) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		When Frederick of Hessen died in 1751, he was succeeded by Adolf Frederick, who ruled until his death in 1771.
		Includes an overview of the Swedish economy with profiles of various sectors; legal and financing guidelines for establishing a company in Sweden; statistical tables on major economic indicators; county and municipality profiles; and presentations on the labor market, banking and finance, taxes, and wages and social insurance policies.
		established, state-supported church of Sweden; it changed from the Roman Catholic to the Lutheran faith during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-29868?tocId=29868 (717 words)

	GUSTAV IV ADOLF OF SWEDEN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		On October_31, 1797 Gustav married Frederica, daughter of Charles Frederick, grand-duke of Baden, a marriage which might have led to a war with Russia but for the fanatical hatred of the French republic shared by the emperor Paul_of_Russia and Gustav IV Adolf, which served as a bond of union between them.
		Gustav IV Adolf (November_1, 1778 – February_7, 1837), was King_of_Sweden from 1800 until his abdication in 1809.
		The betrothal was actually fixed for September 22, when the whole arrangement foundered on the obstinate refusal of Gustav to allow his destined bride liberty of worship according to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church — a rebuff which undoubtedly accelerated the death of the Russian empress.
	www.witwib.com /Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden (717 words)

	Adolf Frederick Of Sweden Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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