This post is a list of Scandinavian political leaders (level 4 vital articles on Wikipedia). There are 9 political leaders listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
Cnut (c. 990 - 1035 AD)
"...King of England from 1016, King of Denmark form 1018, and King of Norway from 1028... The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire by historians." (Wikipedia: Cnut, 2.13.26 UTC 01:01)
Margaret I of Denmark (1353-1412)
"...queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland)... founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms... resist and compete against the might of the Hanseatic League... Her regency marked the beginning of a Dano-Norwegian union..." (Wikipedia: Margaret I of Denmark, 1.26.26 UTC 15:54)
Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632)
"...King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632... credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power... one of the primary military forces during the Thirty Years' War... conflicts with Russia and Denmark-Norway... commemorated by Protestants..." (Wikipedia: Gustavus Adolphus, 2.4.26 UTC 14:45)
Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689)
"...Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654... conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Rome... succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus... Torstenson War in 1644... symbol of the Counter-Reformation..." (Wikipedia: Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1.20.26 UTC 12:46)
Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718)
"...King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718... triple alliance of Denmark-Norway, Saxony-Poland-Lithuania and Russia launched a threefold attack... Great Northern War. Leading the Swedish army against the alliance, Charles won multiple victories despite being significantly outnumbered... death at the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718." (Wikipedia: Charles XII, 1.31.26 UTC 09:17)
Charles XIV John (1763-1844)
"...King of Sweden and Norway... During the Napoleonic Wars, he participated in several battles as a Marshal of France... unexpectedly elected the heir-presumptive to the Childless King Charles XIII of Sweden... French invasion of Swedish Pomerania... creation of the Sixth Coalition by allying with Alexander I of Russia... Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814... put Norway into a union with Sweden..." (Wikipedia: Charles XIV John, 2.17.26 UTC 16:26)
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951)
"...military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918)... as commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defense Forces during World War II (1939-1945), and as president of Finland (1944-1946)... After Bolshevik coup of November 1917 in Russia, Finland declared independence... led the Finnish Defense Forces in an invasion of the Soviet Union alongside Nazi Germany known as the Continuation War..." (Wikipedia: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, 2.15.26 UTC 13:29)
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961)
"...Swedish economist and diplomat... served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations... led initiatives to improve morale and organizational efficiency while seeking to make the UN more responsive to global issues... creation of the first UN peacekeeping forces..." (Wikipedia: Dag Hammarskjöld, 2.10.26 UTC 17:43)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939 - now)
"...served three terms as the prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986-1989, and 1990-1996)... director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003... UN special envoy on Climate Change from 2007 to 2010." (Wikipedia: Gro Harlem Brundtland, 12.5.26 UTC 21:11)
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