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{{Short description|Period of Swedish history from 1772 to 1809}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox country | native_name = {{native name|sv|Konungariket Sverige}} | conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Sweden | common_name = Sweden | year_start = 1772 | life_span = 1772–1809 | event_start = [[Revolution of 1772]] | date_start = 19 August | event_end = [[Instrument of Government (1809)|Constitutional monarchy restored]] | date_end = 6 June | year_end = 1809 | event3 = [[Gustav III#Assassination|Assassination of Gustav III]] | date_event3 = 16 March 1792 | event4 = Death of [[Gustav III]] and succession of [[Gustav IV Adolf]] | date_event4 = 29 March 1792 | event5 = [[Coup of 1809|King Gustav IV Adolf deposed]] | date_event5 = 29 March 1809 | p1 = Age of Liberty | flag_p1 = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | s1 = Sweden in Union with Norway | flag_s1 =Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg | image_flag = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg | flag_border = no | image_coat = Great shield of arms of Sweden.svg | flag_type = [[Flag of Sweden|State flag]] | symbol_type = [[Coat of arms of Sweden|Coat of arms]] | image_map = Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B10 022-Tabula exactissima Regnorum SUECIAE et NORVEGIAE nec non MARIS UNIVERSI ORIENTALIS, Terrarumq- adjacentium summo studio ab.jpeg | image_map_caption = | national_anthem = ''[[Gustafs skål]]'' (1772–1792)<br /><small>Gustav's Toast</small><br />''[[Bevare Gud vår kung]]'' (1805–1809)<br /><small>God Save Our King</small> | common_languages = [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ([[Official language|official]]) | capital = [[Stockholm]] | religion = [[Church of Sweden]] ([[State religion|official]]) | government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[absolute monarchy]] | leader1 = [[Gustav III]] | leader2 = [[Gustav IV Adolf]] | year_leader1 = 1772–1792 <small>(first)</small> | year_leader2 = 1792–1809 <small>(last)</small> | title_leader = [[List of Swedish monarchs|King]] | deputy1 = [[Charles XIII|Charles, Duke of Södermanland]] | year_deputy1 = 1792–1796 <small>(first)</small> | title_deputy = Regent | legislature = [[Riksdag of the Estates]] | ref_pop1 = | ref_area1 = | stat_area1 = | stat_year1 = | stat_pop1 = | currency = [[Swedish riksdaler|Riksdaler]] }} {{History of Sweden|Enlightment}} The [[history of Sweden]] from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the '''Gustavian era''' of kings [[Gustav III]] and [[Gustav IV Adolf]], as well as the reign of King [[Charles XIII]].
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