Baltic Sea in 1219
Conquered by Denmark in 1219 (Pomerania conquered in 1219, lost in 1227. Ösel purchased in 1559, lost in 1645)
Rise of the Swedish Empire, climaxing in the 17th century
Sweden under Gustav Vasa, to 1560
Acquired by 1611, under Vasa's sons
Acquired by 1654, under Gustavus Adolphus the Great
Acquired by 1660, under Charles X
The establishment of a dominium maris baltici[nb 1] ("Baltic Sea dominion") was one of the primary political aims of the Danish and Swedish kingdoms in the late medieval and early modern eras.[1][2] Throughout the Northern Wars the Danish and Swedish navies played a secondary role, as the dominium was contested through control of key coasts by land warfare.[3]
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- ^ C. R. L. Fletcher (1890). Gustavus Adolphus and the struggle of Protestantism for existence. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Hanno Brand; Leos Müller (2007). The dynamics of economic culture in the North Sea and Baltic Region: in the late Middle Ages and early modern period. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 20. ISBN 978-90-6550-882-9. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Meier, Martin (2008). Vorpommern nördlich der Peene unter dänischer Verwaltung 1715 bis 1721: Aufbau einer Verwaltung und Herrschaftssicherung in einem eroberten Gebiet (in German). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7.