Swedish Pomerania

Swedish Pomerania (Swedish: Svenska Pommern) was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from the 17th to the 19th century, situated on the German Baltic Sea coast. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War Sweden held extensive control over the lands on the Southern Baltic Coast including Pomerania and parts of Silesia and Prussia. At the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Sweden received Upper Pomerania, or Vorpommern, a strip of Lower Pomerania, or Hinterpommern, with the islands of Rügen, Usedom and Wollin.

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Swedish - Dominion - Swedish Crown - 17th - 19th century - German - Baltic Sea - Polish War - Thirty Years' War - Pomerania - Silesia - Prussia - Peace of Westphalia - 1648 - Vorpommern - Hinterpommern - Rügen - Usedom - Wollin

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