Talk:Gustav I of Sweden

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Is there a link to a narrative here? I'm a bit new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure. If not, I can probably expand the article given time to collect some materials. Let me know.

Simon George

Forget what I just said. I've found a good link to modern Swedish history from this page. Thanks Simon

I am not sure Gustav was succeeded by his son John in Finland. Even if John was duke in Finland, it still belonged to Sweden and the Swedish king, John´s brother Erik XIV. Dan Koehl 09:18 1 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The king's primarily known as Gustav Vasa. BL 19:50, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, but wasn't the former name of the article ("Gustav I of Sweden") in accordance with some Wikipolicy on names on monarchs? /Tuomas 12:20, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This should be under Gustav I of Sweden - all other variants (including Gustav Vasa) should be taken care of with redirs. 62.78.106.159 21:07, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yea yea yea... --Fred-Chess July 1, 2005 14:14 (UTC)

Todo

• Mentioning all the events that the images in the gallery depict.

[edit] Divergent versions of Nils Dacke's end

I find several Wikipedia pages giving rather divergent versions of the same events. Can somebody with a good knowlege of Swedish history try to harmonise them a bit? Adam Keller 21:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Page: Nils Dacke

After this defeat the rebellion was all but over and Dacke became an outlaw. He was shot and killed in 1543 on the border between the two nowadays southern Swedish provinces Sm?land and Blekinge, then a border between Sweden and Denmark, while trying to escape from the king's mercenaries. Even though Dacke was not executed, his body was dismembered and the parts were sent for public display in larger communities that had supported him during the rebellion. Gustav Vasa ordered the annihilation of Dacke's entire family, but was milder against those who had given themselves up. Thus, the unity of the realm was restored.

Page: Dacke War

Dacke's forces were beaten and Dacke himself was wounded. The same year in August he was surrounded and shot in R?dby in Blekinge. Gustav Vasa carried through harsh punishments for the uprising. Dacke's home district was plundered and all his family members were executed or deported.

Page: Gustav I of Sweden

Nils was eventually betrayed by his own relatives, caught, and quartered; it is said that his body parts were displayed througout Sweden as a warning to other would-be rebels.

Page: Smaland

Dacke himself was shot while trying to escape to then-Danish Blekinge.

[edit] The aid from the Hansa?

I thought that one of the resons for lutheranizing Sweden was to be able to confiscate all church bells which were melted down as payment for the Hansa's aid in defeating the Danes.

[edit] His real name

Respect the native form of his name, Gösta Jerksson. Since he was born in the Old Swedish speaking period, I have also added the normalized Old Norse version of the name, Gautstafr Eiríksson. (This seems to be done for other Swedish kings of the period, e.g. for Birger Brosa, Old Norse Birgir Brósa.) Of course, I put these two names within parantheses in the head of the article. // Jens Persson (193.10.116.24 13:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC))

Do you have any source using either of these two forms of his name? Olaus 20:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I removed the Old Norse version, it's not relevant. Not sure what you mean with the reference to Birger Brosa and "other Swedish kings of the period". Birger Brosa and Gustav Vasa belong to two entirely separate periods, about 350 years between them. Surely you wouldn't argue that Olof Palme and Gustaf II Adolf belong to the same period?? The time between them is about the same... Old Norse was still in use when Birger Brosa was alive, not so when Gustav Vasa lived. JdeJ 10:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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This article sucks and should be rewritten in it's whole. It is as if a neonazi 6th grader wrote it... Stuff like this makes me sick. (Darioist (talk) 06:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC))

Suggested Changes:

Second and third paragraph under Early Life not in chronological order. It would also be a good idea to group all the legends pertaining under one headline. And how about some footnotes? //Paul