Age of Greatness of Sweden

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historical era period of Swedish history

The Age of Greatness of Sweden was a 17th- and early 18th-century era when Sweden emerged as a major European great power, marked by military expansion, political influence, and the heightened prominence of its nobility.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Age of Greatness (Sweden)	2
Age of Greatness of Sweden canonical	2
Swedish Age of Greatness	2
age of Swedish great power (Stormaktstiden)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5894364 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Age of Greatness of Sweden
Context triple: [Swedish nobility, historicalPeriod, Age of Greatness of Sweden]

A. Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
The Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) was a period of parliamentary dominance and reduced royal power in Sweden, marked by constitutional reforms, party politics, and increased civil liberties.
B. Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611)
The Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) was the early modern Swedish state that emerged after the Kalmar Union, laying the political and military foundations for Sweden’s later rise as a great European power.
C. Age of Freedom in Finland
The Age of Freedom in Finland was an 18th-century period under Swedish rule marked by increased parliamentary power, reduced royal authority, and the early development of Finnish political and cultural life.
D. Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates
Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates was a major 17th-century Swedish reform in which King Charles XI drastically curtailed aristocratic landholdings and power to strengthen royal authority and the state’s finances.
E. Frihetstiden
Frihetstiden was an 18th-century period in Swedish history marked by reduced royal power and the rise of parliamentary governance and party politics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Age of Greatness of Sweden
Target entity description: The Age of Greatness of Sweden was a 17th- and early 18th-century era when Sweden emerged as a major European great power, marked by military expansion, political influence, and the heightened prominence of its nobility.

A. Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
The Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) was a period of parliamentary dominance and reduced royal power in Sweden, marked by constitutional reforms, party politics, and increased civil liberties.
B. Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611)
The Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) was the early modern Swedish state that emerged after the Kalmar Union, laying the political and military foundations for Sweden’s later rise as a great European power.
C. Age of Freedom in Finland
The Age of Freedom in Finland was an 18th-century period under Swedish rule marked by increased parliamentary power, reduced royal authority, and the early development of Finnish political and cultural life.
D. Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates
Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates was a major 17th-century Swedish reform in which King Charles XI drastically curtailed aristocratic landholdings and power to strengthen royal authority and the state’s finances.
E. Frihetstiden
Frihetstiden was an 18th-century period in Swedish history marked by reduced royal power and the rise of parliamentary governance and party politics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of Swedish history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Stormaktstiden ⓘ Swedish Age of Greatness ⓘ linked to: Age of Greatness of Sweden Swedish Great Power Era ⓘ linked to: Swedish Empire
capitalDuringPeriod	Stockholm ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
endTime	early 18th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Sweden as a major European great power ⓘ heightened prominence of Swedish nobility ⓘ military expansion ⓘ political influence in Europe ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic	court culture centered in Stockholm ⓘ
hasEconomicCharacteristic	war-financed economy ⓘ
hasForeignPolicyGoal	control of the Baltic Sea ⓘ expansion of territory around the Baltic ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasMilitaryCharacteristic	large standing army relative to population ⓘ professional conscription system ⓘ
hasMonarch	Charles X Gustav of Sweden ⓘ Charles XI of Sweden ⓘ Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ Queen Christina of Sweden ⓘ
hasOutcome	establishment of Sweden as a great power ⓘ later decline after Great Northern War ⓘ
hasReligiousContext	Lutheran state church dominance ⓘ
hasSocialCharacteristic	strengthened position of the nobility ⓘ
includesEvent	Great Northern War ⓘ Scanian War ⓘ Second Northern War ⓘ Thirty Years' War ⓘ
includesTerritory	Finland ⓘ Ingria ⓘ Scania ⓘ Swedish Estonia ⓘ Swedish Livonia ⓘ parts of northern Germany ⓘ
influences	balance of power in Europe ⓘ
languageOfName	Swedish ⓘ linked to: Swedish language
partOf	early modern period ⓘ
precedes	Age of Liberty (Sweden) ⓘ
region	Northern Europe ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ

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