The Scandiavian Elite - The Swedish Royal Family: The Swedish Royal Family

Author: Li Dianchang
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: This book is one of the "World Royalty" series. The author uses vivid language to depict the tumultuous yet serene history of the European Kingdom of Sweden. In years of warfare, it produced a great military strategist, Gustavus Adolphus, who was as renowned as Alexander the Great, and nurtured several brave and battle-ready equestrian kings. Of course, in this royal family that produced "heroes," there was also a "rebel" who abdicated voluntarily, Queen Christina. Karl XIV John, the founder of the Bernadotte dynasty in Sweden, was originally a marshal under Napoleon. He defeated his former rival and political enemy, Napoleon, and led Sweden onto a path of peace and neutrality. Today, Sweden is a developed country with a constitutional monarchy. King Carl XVI Gustaf appropriately plays the role of a symbolic head of state, continuing the mysterious and beautiful story of the royal family.