This is a list of Swedish governments and rulers, from the end of the Kalmar Union until the breakthrough of parliamentarism.
1521-1523 : Regent Gustaf Eriksson Vasa (Continued as king) 1523-1560 : King Gustaf I of Sweden 1560-1568 : King Eric XIV of Sweden 1568-1592 : King John III of Sweden 1592-1599 : King Sigismund of Sweden 1599-1604 : Duke Charles (Continued as king) 1604-1611 : King Charles IX of Sweden 1611-1632 : King Gustav Adolphus the Great 1632-1644 : Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, leader of government under the minority of the monarch 1644-1654 : Queen Christina of Sweden 1654-1660 : King Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1660-1672 : Privy Council, government under the minority of the monarch 1672-1697 : King Charles XI of Sweden 1697-1697 : Privy Council, government under the minority of the monarch 1697-1718 : King Charles XII of Sweden 1718-1738 : Chancellery President Arvid Horn, leader of a Cap Party government 1738-1765 : Parliamentary rule with a Hat Party government 1765-1769 : Parliamentary rule with a Cap Party government 1769-1772 : Parliamentary rule with a Hat Party government 1772-1792 : King Gustaf III of Sweden, enlightened despotism 1792-1792 : Regent Duke Charles, leader of government under the minority of the monarch 1792-1796 : Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, leader of government under the minority of the monarch 1796-1809 : King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden 1809-1810 : Parliamentary rule 1810-1818 : Regent Crown Prince Charles (Continued as king) 1818-1844 : King Charles XIV of Sweden 1844-1857 : King Oscar I of Sweden 1857-1859 : Regent Crown Prince Charles (Continued as king) 1859-1872 : King Charles XV of Sweden 1872-1907 : King Oscar II of Sweden
The post of Prime Minister of Sweden was introduced in 1876 and continued to rise in importance until the breakthrough of parliamentarism in the 1910s. King Gustaf V of Sweden acceded to the throne in 1907 and became the last king that tried to influence government politics in 1914. In 1921 universal suffrage was introduced and Sweden achieved full parliamentary democracy.
See also List of Swedish monarchs List of cabinets of Sweden State leaders by year Politics of Sweden Constitution of Sweden Riksdag