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	Gustav I of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gustav Vasa was an enigmatic person who has been referred to as both a liberator of the country and as a tyrannic ruler, which has made him the subject of many books.
		Gustav's family descended from Birgitta Gustafsdotter Sture, the sister of childless Regent Sten Sture the Elder who had died in 1503 when Gustav was a baby.
		Gustav Vasa's father Erik Johansson (Vasa) was involved in the party of Sten Sture the Younger fighting against the Danes in the early 16th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gustav_I_of_Sweden (1482 words)

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		Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa or Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496-1560), became the king of Sweden in 1523 and he was the first monarch of the house of Vasa.
		He became the regent of Sweden in 1521 after leading the rebellion against the sitting monarch of the Kalmar Union.
		Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (1513-1535), whom he maried on September 24, 1531.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/gustav_i_of_sweden.html (88 words)

	Gustav Vasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustav Vasa's father Erik Johansson was involved in the party of Sten Sture fighting against the Danes in the early 16th century.
		As the Pope refused to budge on the issue of Gustav Trolle, the King, influenced by Lutheran scholar Olaus Magnus, in 1531 took it upon himself to appoint a new archbishop, namely the brother of Olaus, Laurentius Petri.
		Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513 – 1535), whom he married on 24 September 1531.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gustav_I_of_Sweden (1291 words)

	Vasaloppet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1520 the young nobleman Gustav Ericsson Vasa was escaping from the troops of Christian II, king of Sweden and the countries of the Kalmar Union.
		Gustav was escaping through Dalecarlia, fearing for his life and discovery by the kings troops, when he spoke to the assembled men of Mora, trying to convince them to raise a levy and start a rebellion against king Christian.
		On June 6, 1523 Gustav Vasa was crowned king of Sweden, having beaten the Danish king Christian and dissolved the Kalmar Union.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Vasaloppet (452 words)

	GUSTAV I OF SWEDEN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustav Vasa, originally Gustav Eriksson Vasa (May_12, 1496 – September_29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death.
		Gustav's family descended from Birgitta Gustafsdotter Sture, the sister of childless Regent Sten_Sture_the_Elder who had died in 1503 when Gustav was a baby.
		Gustav Vasa's father Erik Johansson (Vasa) was involved in the party of Sten_Sture_the_Younger fighting against the Danes in the early 16th century.
	www.witwib.com /Gustav_I_of_Sweden (1415 words)

	The life of Gustav the I
		Gustav was the oldest boy in a big family of a very well connected noble family in the county of Uppland.
		Gustav was elected king in the little Maelaren city of Vaesteraas the 6th of june 1523 (this day is still celebrated as Swedens national day) and he entered Stockholm as king a beautiful midsummersday (24th of June) 1523.
		Gustav married again 1536 to the Swedish noble lady Margareta Leijonhufvud (who was the daughter of one of the victims of Stockholm's bloodbath).
	mysjkin.troll.pp.se /svenskakungar/enggustavvasa2.htm (1950 words)

	A bit of Swedish (and scandinavian) history...
		Gustav was the son to the chanchellor Erik Johansson Vase which was nephew to Sten Sture d.ä.
		Gustav immediately wen't to the county of Dalarna (Which is located in the south of Sweden) in an attempt to win the Sture friendly Dalapeoples support in a revolt against the 'Tyrant' king.
		Vasa immediately sent a letter to the revolting parts o the country where he stated that nothing would be removed from the churches and thathe lutheran faith would be declared heretical.
	www.ltu.se /luth/present/sweden/history/royals/kings/kings.shtml (8352 words)

	House of Vasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden (1523-1654) and of Poland (1587-1668).
		In 1654 Christina, the daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, the Protestant Champion of the Thirty Years' War, abdicated, converted to Catholicism and left the country.
		We thus have two Houses of Vasa from this point onwards: the senior, Catholic branch ruling in Poland, and the cadet, Protestant branch ruling in Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Vasa (195 words)

	SiteName > town and country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vasa was very open minded to new ideas, and together with his ruthlessness got Sweden to work like one well-managed country, but it is the export and iron ore that had support us right in this days.
		The opposition gave Gustav Vasa many problems, but he defeated them, the four biggest revolts was: (Dalarna 1528 and 1531, Västergötland 1529 and Dackefejden in Småland 1542) this was caused by the farmers (96 % of the population) that don’t liked the crowns economic interference.
		Gustav did not follow that advice and on that way he avoided to be decapitate during “Stockholms bloodbath”;, which his father, his brother-in-law and two of his uncles, not succeed whit.
	asg.marl.de /comenius/town_country_sweden.php (1314 words)

	Site Template -- Geneology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustav fell in love for the first time with one Ebba Brahe, a young girl in his mother's entourage who had lost her mother.
		But Gustav embraced his baby girl, and decided that she would inherit the throne one day, and in doing so must be raised as a boy.
		Gustav, who had been at war for a few months in his battles against Germany was found dead after he was lost in a wooded area and his horse came galloping back without him.
	kristinavasa.freeservers.com (2585 words)

	Gustav I Vasa -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Sigismund was the grandson of the legendary Swedish ruler Gustav I Vasa, but, as an ardent Roman Catholic and champion of the Counter-Reformation, he was unable to hold on to the crown of Lutheran Sweden, and a 10-year...
		After Gustav I Vasa was elected to the throne in 1523, he began to restore the power of the Swedish king and to organize a central administration under his own direct leadership.
		German statesman Gustav Stresemann was instrumental in the efforts to normalize relations between Germany and its former enemies following World War I. As chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923, 1924–29) of the Weimar Republic, he was involved in the negotiations that led to the Dawes Plan—an arrangement for Germany's payment of reparations after the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038581&query=gustav (908 words)

	Articles - Foundation of Modern Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In this Gustav acted contrary to the religious instincts of the vast majority of the Swedish nation; for there can be no doubt at all that the Swedes at the beginning of the 16th century were not only still devoted to the old Church, but violently anti-Protestant.
		Gustav’s necessities had compelled him to break with the ecclesiastical traditions of Sweden; and they also compelled him, contrary to his masterful disposition, to accept constitutionalism, because without it his footing in his own kingdom would have been insecure.
		Gustav attributed to Ivan IV of Russia, whose resources he unduly magnified, the design of establishing a universal monarchy round the Baltic sea.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Foundation_of_Modern_Sweden (2359 words)

	Vasaloppet.se > Vasaloppet bakåt i tiden
		Gustav Eriksson was a fugitive from King Kristian II of Denmark.
		Discontent with the Danish regime was great, not least from Gustav, whose opposition to Kristian II had resulted in his being taken hostage and imprisoned in Denmark.
		Gustav was hunted throughout Dalarna by the pursuing Danes, but the people sheltered and protected him from King Christian's soldiers.
	www.vasaloppet.se /wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Generella_sidor/infosidor/en/Bakat_i_tiden/enbakatitidenalltborjade.html (312 words)

	Swedish history: 1521-1718 (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustaf Vasa encouraged the mining leading to increased demand on workers which was satisfied by internal migration to the mining districts - not the least from Finland.
		Gustav Vasa's son, the mentally unstable Erik XIV, becomes king 1560, and in 1561 he starts Sweden's overseas conquests by capturing northern Estonia from the Teutonic Knights.
		Gustav's daughter Christina becomes queen; as she is still under age until 1644 the country is led by Sweden's perhaps most famous statesman Axel Oxenstierna.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq734.html (3529 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gustav I Vasa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustav I Vasa (1496-1560), king of Sweden (1523-1560), founder of the Swedish royal house of Vasa and creator of an independent Sweden.
		Gustav immediately set about the task of strengthening Sweden’s economy.
		Vasa Dynasty, Swedish royal house founded by Gustav I Vasa.
	encarta.msn.com /Gustav_I_Vasa.html (193 words)

	Sveriges Riksbank/Riksbanken - 1,000-kronor banknote
		The main motif on the 1000-krona note is a copperprint of Gustav Vasa, from an oil painting by Cornelius Arentz in the 1620s.
		Gustav Vasa (1496-1560) founded the Swedish hereditary monarchy and united the loosely connected Sweden of the 16th century into a state with a central government.
		To the left of Gustav Vasa's headdress, by one of the rings, is a quotation from Gustav Vasa reproduced in micro lettering: SCRIPTURAM IN PROPRIA HABEANT LINGUA (Let them have the holy scripture in their own language).
	www.riksbank.com /templates/Page.aspx?id=10573 (402 words)

	History
		The monastery was sequestrated by the State at the Reformation, and the Castle began to be built in 1537 under the direction of the master-builder Henrik von Köllen.
		This was Gustav Vasa's project, as part of a new system of national defences.
		The reign of Gustav III in the late 18th century marked a new period of brilliance in the Castle's history.
	www.royalcourt.se /4.53abbbfd7ffdfa677fff26583.html (476 words)

	Sweden History & Sweden Culture \| iExplore
		She made an attempt to establish a united Scandinavia (the Union of Kalmar) but this did not last long after her death and, during the 15th century, the nobility were able to do much as they pleased at the expense of royal authority.
		The Danes were defeated and Gustav was crowned Gustav I in 1523, establishing the House of Vasa and heralding the beginning of Sweden’s ascendancy in Europe.
		She abdicated in 1654 and the reigns of her three successors (1654-1718) were dominated by military campaigns, characterized by a slow retreat (in the face of Russia and Austria) and punctuated by spectacular but indecisive victories, such as Narva (1701).
	www.africa.com /dmap/Sweden/History (1326 words)

	myArmoury.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Gustav, also known as Gustav Eriksson Vasa or Gustavus I, was one of the most powerful kings in Swedish history.
		Gustav, who was already held hostage in Denmark, fled to Lübeck in Germany but returned to Sweden when the king promised to show leniency towards the rebelling nobles.
		Gustav's father, brother-in-law and uncles were murdered, together with about 75 other men in a mass execution known as "the Blood-bath of Stockholm".
	www.myarmoury.com /feature_vasa.php?print (1884 words)

	The Vasa Capsizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The most important reform Gustav Vasa made was the reformation of the Church: In order for the king to gain political and economic control over the Church, all Swedes suddenly converted from Catholics to Protestants.
		On John’s death in 1592, the Polish Vasa died out as Sigismund gained the Swedish throne as King Sigismund I. Sigismund was Catholic, however, which led to his being deposed in 1599.
		Vasa Museum in Stockholm located not far from where it was originally built and where it capsized.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/pm157/teaching/cases/vasahome.html (4951 words)

	Article - Vasaloppet - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		It was meant to be an endurance test similar to the journey made by Gustav Vasa, Lars and Engelbrekt between Mora and Sälen.
		With the Danes in close pursuit Gustav Vasa could wait no longer and to avoid being recaptured he took to his skis and continued his journey north west towards Norway.
		Gustav Eriksson Vasa was proclaimed King of Sweden on the 6th of June 1523.
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	Gustav Vasa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gustav Vasa made the tax-system much more efficient than it had been before.
		King Gustav Vasa is known for his correspondence with his subordinates.
		The people who received critical letters from King Gustav Vasa probably did not think of him as a "beloved monarch".
	www.warnstam.org /gustav_vasa.htm (286 words)

	- Chapter 45
		Gustav Adolf had been named after his grandfather, the great Gustav Vasa who founded the dynasty and created the modern nation called Sweden.
		In Gustav Vasa's realm, the four estates had all been listened to—the peasants and the citizens of the towns as much as the nobility and the clergy.
		Gustav II Adolf was no more immune to hesitation and uncertainty than any man. He was simply much better at dealing with it than anyone Spens had ever met.
	www.baen.com /library/0671319728/0671319728__45.htm (2750 words)

	Youth in Motion 2005
		In the year 1521 Gustav Eriksson Vasa, who was later to become King Gustav I. of Sweden, had to flee the Danish rulers after organising a peasant rebellion.
		However, when they learnt that the Danish had previously murdered Gustav's father and two other Swedish patriots, they decided to help him and sent two people after him on skis.
		Gustav and the men of Dalarna went on to defeat the Danish King Kristian II.
	www.yim2005.info /uk/uk_k_laender_schweden.html (288 words)

	There are many things in Sweden worth seeing
		A young nobleman named Gustav Vasa was trying to organise a revolt against the tyrants of Denmark.
		Gustav Vasa tried once again to get support from the patriotic citizens of Dalarna, but they were not either willing to fight the Danish dictatorship.
		Two of their fastest skiers went of to find Gustav Vasa and finally caught up with him near the town of Sälen and brought him all the way back to Mora.
	www.lindalv.skola.kungsbacka.se /Projekt/sweden/sights.htm (896 words)

	Additional Reading (from Gustav I Vasa) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Studies include Ingrid Hammarström, Finansförvaltning och varuhandel, 1504–1540: Studier i de yngre Sturarnas och Gustav Vasas statshushållning (1956), an epoch-making study of how a rustic society achieved military and political prominence; Sven Lundkvisi, Gustav Vasa och Europe: Svensk handels- och utrikespolitik, 1534–1557 (1960), a reliable work; and Ingvar Andersson, A History of Sweden (1956), ch.
		The German writer Gustav Freytag wrote realistic novels celebrating the merits of the middle classes.
		English composer and music teacher Gustav Holst is noted for the excellence of his orchestration and the international flavor of many of his works.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-2931?tocId=2931 (907 words)

	Välkommen till VASA OCH HARMONI !
		Founded in 1896 on the principles of Generosity, Truth and Unity, Vasa is composed of the Grand Lodge, whose officers are elected from 19 district lodges throughout USA, Canada and Sweden.
		VASA is not all study and tradition, however.
		The grass roots of VASA’S vast Scandinavian family lies in the local lodges, of which Harmoni is one.
	www.hevanet.com /sundvall/vasa/vasa2.html (631 words)

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