The Theater King's Dramatic Revolution of Sweden – Nya Dagbladet

After the death of Charles XII in 1718, the Swedish monarchy was greatly weakened. The decline went so far that power would slip into the hands of a parliament ruled by two parties; the Hats and the Caps; where both factions were openly financed by foreign powers. During the reign of the Hats and Caps, Sweden was transformed from an independent nation to become in practice a puppet state for the geopolitics of the great powers. The Hats, who dom…