Swedish Wismar Svenska Wismar Schwedisch Wismar | |||||||||
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| 1648–1903 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Location of Wismar (orange) under Swedish rule within the Kingdom of Sweden (green) in 1658 | |||||||||
| Status | Swedish Dominion | ||||||||
| Capital | Wismar | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low German/German, Swedish | ||||||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||
• 1648–1654 | Christina (first) | ||||||||
• 1872–1903 | Oscar II (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 24 October 1648 | |||||||||
• Pawned to Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1803 | ||||||||
• Swedish Renouncement of Claim | 1903 | ||||||||
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Swedish Wismar (Swedish: Svenska Wismar) was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1648 to 1903 and corresponded roughly to the modern boundaries of the city of Wismar. The former Hanseatic city lies on the Baltic coast of modern-day Germany.