Dominium maris baltici
The establishment of a dominium maris baltici ("Baltic Sea dominion") was one of the primary political aims of the Danish and Swedish kingdoms in the late medieval and early modern eras. Throughout the Northern Wars the Danish and Swedish navies played a secondary role, as the dominium was contested through control of key coasts by land warfare.
Rise of the Swedish Empire, climaxing in the 17th century
Acquired by 1611, under Vasa's sons
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