This is a timeline of Swedish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. To read about the background to these events, see

History of Sweden The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern polar ice cap. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used sto ...

. See also the

list of Swedish monarchs This list records the Monarchy of Sweden, monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand year ...

and list of prime ministers of Sweden.

1st century – 5th century

6th century – 9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

References

External links

* {{citation, work=BBC News, url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17961621, title=Sweden Profile: Timeline, date=4 May 2012 Swedish