{"slug": "history-of-sweden-8001521", "label": "History of Sweden (800–1521)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sweden_%28800%E2%80%931521%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2460755", "qid": "Q2460755", "description": "800–1521 historical period of Sweden", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1000, 1326], "span_label": ["1000 CE", "1326 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Kingdom of Sweden (800–1521)", "Kingdom of Sweden (Middle Ages)"], "related": [{"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "swein-forkbeard", "label": "Swein Forkbeard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "althing", "label": "Althing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "olaf-tryggvason", "label": "Olaf Tryggvason", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-norway", "label": "Monarchy of Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "icelandic-commonwealth", "label": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "finland", "label": "Finland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanseatic-league", "label": "Hanseatic League", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "novgorod-republic", "label": "Novgorod Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gulf-of-finland", "label": "Gulf of Finland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "birger-king-of-sweden", "label": "Birger, King of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Scandinavia, Christianization was in its early stages, with the Althing of the Icelandic Commonwealth embracing Christianity in the year 1000. On September 9, the King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason, was defeated by the Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden in the Battle of Svolder. Sweyn Forkbeard established Danish control over part of Norway. The city of Oslo was founded in Norway (the exact year is debatable, but the 1,000 year anniversary was held in the year 2000). It is known that in or around this year, Norse explorer Leif Erikson became the first European to land in the Americas, at L'Anse aux Meadows in modern-day Newfoundland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Inge the Younger of Sweden is murdered in Vreta Abbey at the instigation of Queen Ulvhild Håkansdotter after a 20-year reign. Her cousin Magnus Nielsen (\"the Strong\") becomes a ruler over Västergötland (until 1134).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Europe", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1277, "year_label": "1277 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Martha of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1341)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362646784#Births", "title": "1277", "revid": 1362646784, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1321, "year_label": "1321 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Birger Magnusson, king of Sweden (House of Bjälbo)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355655788#Deaths", "title": "1321", "revid": 1355655788, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1323, "year_label": "1323 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Treaty of Nöteborg: Sweden signs a peace treaty with the Novgorod Republic, regulating the border (known as Finland today) for the first time. The treaty is negotiated with the help of the Hanseatic League in order to conclude the conflict over the control of the Gulf of Finland during the Swedish-Novgorodian Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018212#July_–_September", "title": "1323", "revid": 1332018212, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1326, "year_label": "1326 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Queen Ingeborg, the regent and de facto ruler of Sweden, is stripped from all political authority. Due to having many debts (known as the Scania affair), she gives up several fiefs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367237136#January_–_March", "title": "1326", "revid": 1367237136, "section": "Events › January – March"}}]}