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During the 17th century, despite having scarcely more than 1 million inhabitants, [[Sweden]] emerged to have greater foreign influence, after winning wars against [[Denmark–Norway]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], [[Tsardom of Russia]]. Its contributions during the [[Thirty Years' War]] under [[Gustavus Adolphus]] helped determine the political, as well as the religious, balance of power in Europe.[{{Cite web |title=Treaty of Roskilde |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105745689 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}][Simonson, Örjan. (17 January 2011). ''The Swedish Empire and Postal Communications: Speed and Time in the Swedish Post Office, c. 1680–1720.'' http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:431840/FULLTEXT01.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815005343/http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:431840/FULLTEXT01.pdf |date=August 15, 2017 }}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Thirty Years' War |url=https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/thirty-years-war |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}] |
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During the 17th century, despite having scarcely more than 1 million inhabitants, [[Sweden]] emerged to have greater foreign influence, after winning wars against [[Denmark–Norway]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]], and the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. Its contributions during the [[Thirty Years' War]] under [[Gustavus Adolphus]] helped determine the political, as well as the religious, balance of power in Europe.[{{Cite web |title=Treaty of Roskilde |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105745689 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}][Simonson, Örjan. (17 January 2011). ''The Swedish Empire and Postal Communications: Speed and Time in the Swedish Post Office, c. 1680–1720.'' http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:431840/FULLTEXT01.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815005343/http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:431840/FULLTEXT01.pdf |date=August 15, 2017 }}][{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Thirty Years' War |url=https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/thirty-years-war |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}] |