Presentation to the lectur

2. ”The King is Dead” ”The King is Dead”
”The King is Dead”
Karl XII’s Funeral procession,
”The KingCederström
Gustaf is Dead”
”The King is Dead”
”The King is Dead”

4. Age of Liberty 1718-1772

5. Age of Liberty 1718-1772
A time when parliament
and the government
received greater powers
New form of government
Ulrika Eleonora the younger, Fredrik I
1719-1720 1720-1750

6. Age of Liberty 1718-1772
A time when parliament
and the government
received greater powers
New form of government
two parties
Hats Caps Ulrika Eleonora the younger, Fredrik I
1719-1720 1720-1750

8. King with limited powers
Adolf Fredrik 1751-1771

9. King with limited powers
A stamp with the king’s
signature was used for
decisions that the king didn’t
agree with.
Adolf Fredrik 1751-1771

11. Ståndsriksdag
Nobility Clergy Burgess Peasants

12. Ståndsriksdag
Nobility Clergy Burgess Peasants
% of Sweden’s population
90
67.5
45
22.5
0
Nobility Clergy Burgess Peasants

13. Ståndsriksdag
Nobility Clergy Burgess Peasants
% of Sweden’s population The Secret Comittee
90
25 %
67.5
50 %
45
22.5 25 %
0
Nobility Clergy Burgess Peasants
Präster Borgare
Adel

15. “The divine right of Kings”
Coup D’etat
Gustav III
1771-1792

16. “The divine right of Kings”
Coup D’etat
New form of
Government
Gustav III
1771-1792

17. “The divine right of Kings”
Coup D’etat
New form of
Government
France as a
role-model
Gustav III
1771-1792

18. “The divine right of Kings”
Coup D’etat Murdered at a
banquet.
New form of
Government
France as a
role-model
By Anckarström
Gustav III
1771-1792

20. Royal Swedish Royal Dramatic
Opera Academy Theatre
All are founded (created) by Gustav III

22. Gustav IV Adolf
1792-1809

23. Gustav IV Adolf Karl XIII
1792-1809 1809-1818
1809 government form, 6th of June

24. Gustav IV Adolf Karl XIII
1792-1809 1809-1818
1809 government form, 6th of June
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
Karl XIV Johan
1818-1844

26. Meanwhile in
Western Europe
The
Enlightenment

27. Meanwhile in
Western Europe
The
Enlightenment
Jean Jaque Rosseau
Denis Diederot
Charles-Louis de Secondat
François-Marie Arouet
”Montesquieu”
”Voltaire”

29. Both the King and the Church lose power.
”The Divine Right of Kings”

30. Both the King and the Church lose power.
”The Divine Right of Kings”
”The Principle of Lawmaking
(Parliament)
Executive powers
(Government)
Separation of Power”
Judgement
(Court system.)

31. Both the King and the Church lose power.
”The Divine Right of Kings”
”The Principle of Lawmaking
(Parliament)
Executive powers
(Government)
Separation of Power”
The French Revolution
1789
Judgement
(Court system.)
Liberty Leading The People
- Delacroix