Regnal History of Ruotsaland (c.500-present day)

Between c. 500 and 1233, the areas that make up the territory of Ruotsaland were a patchwork of diverse petty kingdoms or tribal nations, ranging in proto-Nordesian and proto-Suomic kingdoms, Suomic nomadic tribal cultures that were the ancestors of modern Sámi groups, and the Eesti Islands Republic, the latter notable for the time and by which became a model for the modern Republic of Ruotsaland.

The Kingdom of Ruotsaland existed between the years 1233-1850, with the founding to 1713 being an absolute monarchy ruled under the Royal House of Vaasa-Ruotsa. Under this regime, the petty kingdoms became united by force, diplomacy, or trickery to revolve around the rule of the monarch. Also in this period, Ruotsaland had gone through periods of ebbing and flowing in territorial expansion, until the modern borders of Ruotsaland became established de facto in 1713. In this year, the constant campaigns into territorial changes that have gone on to be receded eventually over time, and a drain on state resources, a constitution was unceremoniously shoved in the King’s face that put checks on his power until the monarchy was abolished, at which point it became the Republic of Ruotsaland today.

Since 1850, Ruotsaland has been a presidential republic with a parliamentary democracy, inspired both by the popular sovereignty movements happening around the world around this time, and the inefficiencies that became readily apparent were inherent to the past monarchy, whether merely constitutional or outright absolute. In the early days of the Republic, the president was a head of state elected by the rich and powerful citizenry, a de facto continuance of the constitutional monarchy from the perspective of the majority. As a result, the modern history of Ruotsaland had been very much defined by waves of protests and erosion of executive authority from this long autocratic position, to one that represents more of the progressive democracy that we see today.
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Kingdom of Ruotsaland (1233-1713):

Ruotsaland (Kingdom: 1713-1850; Republic: 1850-present):