What's your opinion on the Swedish Empire?
Was it's decline all for the best?
I'm a swede myself, so I'm biased as fuck, but I would like to hear your opinion
>>665901
The Swedes had an empire?
I like Swedish girls, does that count?
>>665916
>>665925
>>665930
>>665901
cuckish empire
>>665962
>>665901
sweden is a penis and finland is the balls
>>665901
The worst union partners.
yes.
I'm a Pole, so I'm biased as fuck.
Władysław IV was the best Vasa on our throne, fuck his father. Jan Kazimierz was plainly unlucky.
>>665990
That's why it was so beautiful
>>666005
What could've been
>>666009
The only thing Swedes had to do was to accept catholic king.
The only thing Russians had to do was to accept catholic tsar.
God damn schisms, they've ruined such an excellent plan!
>>666009
>tfw instead of allying each other we weakened ourselves and Russia have for both of us
>>666035
came"
>>666035
Yes, it's fucking sad how we let russia become the boss over eastern Europe.
The empire didn't last much longer than a century, but at least the military was fucking top-notch
>>666046
that guy was later in the hospital for injuries received in a bar from "drunken" patrons
>>665901
Limp dick
>>665901
>Was it's decline all for the best?
No, it was a tragedy. That fuckup Charles XII ruined everything by pushing into inner Russia like a mong after caving their shit in at Narva, he should've gone for St. Petersburg and fortified himself there. Choking the Russians out of the Baltic would have changed history, without access to the sea that way they would have remained a backwater of furshits instead of fucking up the entire western world for centuries.
>>665936
Kek
>>666007
>your country will never be a giant penis
why even live
>>665901
It looks like benis D)))
>>666091
>175,000 dead in famine, disease and exhaustion
And that's why logistics is important.
>>667913
this
mistakes were made
>low population
>frozen hellhole
>surrounded by similar yet not trustable ppl
>instead of reigning in the danes and norgayans, develop a FULL ATTACK CHARGE BY BAYONET tactics and wages war against literally everyone
>barely controls anything outside of sweden
overly ambitious, getting their assed handed to them whenever real opposition shows up
not even an empire
>>668063
This
I don't get why our naziboos cream themselves about Charles XII, Gustavus Adolphus is the real deal when it comes to military innovations.
>>668073
>march up to bayonet charge range (50m)
>fire a full salvo
>charge
who thought this one trick pony is a good idea for a country that has no numerical advantage
>>668099
certainly not this guy
>>665901
Deluge, fuck you
You could have accepted legitimist Catholic Vasas
And now you suffer
>>668168
Kuk
>>665901
It was one of those nations which was influential beyond its means thanks to fortunate geopolitical circumstances and the competence of its leaders.
>>665901
>What's your opinion on the Swedish Empire?
It looks like a disfigured dick
>>665901
Don't you have a bull to prep sven?
>>665901
Cuck sheds come with Internet now?
>not even three kingdom titles
>>668099
Scared the shit out of the enemy, Which was the thing. Also made them more accurate.
>>667913
St. Petersburg did not exist until 1703 when Peter the Great founded it on occupied Swedish clay.
Also he didn't push into Russia until 1707 but instead decided to rape Polan for 5 years
Was the ancient Finnish Empire really Swedish?