10000-6000 BC: Groups of stoneage hunters and gatherer spreads over Sweden.
4000 BC: Farming makes its entry in southern Sweden.
800-1050 AD: Vikings goes on crusades mostly in Russia and Eastroman empire.
The end of 1300-century: The island of Gotland becomes part of Sweden.
ca 1300-1809: Finland belongs to Sweden.
1320: Skåne, Northhalland and Blekinge is conquered from Denmark.
ca 1357: Denmark conqueres the previous danish areas and Gotland.
1389-1521: The Kalmarunion (Danish-norwegian-swedish union which Sweden broke
out several times).
1561: Swedish troops occupies Reval and large parts of Estonia.
1611-1718: Great power era, Sweden reaches it's largest size.
1617: At the peace in Stolbova Sweden gets to keep Kexholms county and Ingermanlad.
1629: At the peace in Altmark Sweden gets to keep Livland, Riga and the
areas at Njemens and Weichels mouth.
1645: At the peace in Brömsebro Sweden got from Denmark-Norway Jämtland,
Härjedalen, Gotland, Ösel and (for 30 years) Halland.
1648: At the westfalian peace Sweden gets the areas around the mouth of Oder
and Weser.
1658: At the peace in Roskilde Sweden got from Denmark-Norway Skåne,
Blekinge, Halland and Bohuslän.
1721: At the peace in Nystad Sweden lost the baltic provinses and parts of
the Karelén to Rusia.
1772: Gustav III coup d'état. Part of the new constitution is freedom of
speech and religion.
1809: The Rusians conquers Finland.
1814-1905: Swedish-norwegian union.
1901: Compulsory military service.
1905: Men get general right to vote.
1921: Women's suffrage.
1950-talet: Large immigration of finns.
1995: Sweden joins EU.