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Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Timeline of Events
1809
9.17.1809
Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
1810
8.21.1810
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
9.26.1810
A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1814
1.14.1814
Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
1818
2.5.1818
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1844
9.28.1844
Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1860
5.3.1860
Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1873
5.12.1873
Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
1889
3.28.1889
The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
1890
8.7.1890
Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
1905
9.23.1905
Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
10.26.1905
Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
1910
11.23.1910
Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person in Sweden to be executed.
1927
4.14.1927
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1931
5.14.1931
Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1940
2.29.1940
In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, because of the war, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
3.3.1940
Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper ''Norrskensflamman'' in Luleå, Sweden.
1945
1.17.1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
1946
11.19.1946
Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
1961
4.24.1961
The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
1967
9.3.1967
Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1975
8.4.1975
The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish chargé d’affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1977
1.15.1977
The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history.
1980
1.1.1980
Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
1981
10.27.1981
The Soviet submarine ''U 137'' runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
1989
12.13.1989
The last issue of ''Gnistan'' (The Spark), the organ of the Solidaritetspartiet, is published in Sweden.
1994
11.13.1994
In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
1995
1.1.1995
The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
1998
10.29.1998
The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden claims 63 lives and injures 200.
1999
1.1.1999
The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of NATO (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
5.28.1999
Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a car chase.
2000
7.1.2000
The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
2009
5.1.2009
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.