- First humans (12,000 BC)
- Kalmar Union (1397-1537)
- Early Vasa era (1523-1611)
- Russo-Swedish War (1554-1557)
- Livonian War (1558-1583)
- Polish-Swedish wars (1600-1629)
- Swedish Empire (1611-1721)
- Second Northern War (1655-1660)
- Scanian War (1675-1679)
- Great Northern War (1700-1721)
- Age of Liberty (1718-1772)
- Swedish East India Company (1731-1813)
- Pomeranian War (1757-1762)
- Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790)
- Finnish war (1808-1809)
- Swedish-Norwegian War (1814)
- Sweden-Norway union (1814-1905)
- Neutral during World War I (1914-1918)
- Neutral during World War II (1939-1945)
- Sweden joins the European Union (1995)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Sweden at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Sweden.)
