Reformation and Religious Conflict

Czech burned at the stake in 1415; had influence on Martin Luther; part of the Hussite Trilogy; only in Czech

General Jan Žižka of Hussite Wars; part of Hussite Trilogy; only in Czech; fought in the Battle of Grunwald (July 15, 1410), where he defended Radzyń against the Teutonic Order, and in the civil wars of Bohemia.

Hussite Wars; part of Hussite Trilogy; only in Czech

Of the Reformation

Of the Reformation, 1520

German film about Martin Luther

Of the Reformation

The story of the radical Anabaptists

1528, Norwegian noble woman seeking independence for the nation in the time of the Kalmar Union (1396-1537) involving Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Modern Sweden begins 1523

1550–1612, started as mistress and ended as Swedish Queen to Eric XIV (reign 1560-1568)

1632-1654 reign of Queen Christina of Sweden; Greta Garbo

Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates; what happened to Queen Christina when she converted to Catholicism

The "Cudget War" was a peasant rebellion in the late 16th century Finland

Scanian War, 1676-1679, between Sweden and Denmark when Sweden's king was Charles XI

Charles XII of Sweden (reigned 1697-1718); Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Epitaph for a King; King Karl XII of Sweden (1697-1718)

Danish King Christian VII (ruled 1766-1808) suffers from mental illness and is pushed around by radical thinker Johann Friedrich Struensee, his personal physician, who made progressive reforms which did not last long

Finnish film, Strindberg play adaptation; Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792) when Finland was part of Sweden

Assassination of Sweden’s King Gustav III (ruled 1771-1792)

On his death-bed, a father asks his son to kill King Gustav III

Gustav III of Sweden, nine years into his marriage

A French seamstress loves Napoleon, but his marriage to aristocrat Josephine spoils her dream; she becomes wife of Bernadotte, future King Charles XIV John (1818-1844)

Swedish immigrants to Minnesota, USA

Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu, Norway 1852

1890s Sweden when the country became modernized

Swedish general who fought in the Russian War, Finnish War and Second War Against Napoleon