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rights to Catholic and Protestant princes in the Ger-
man states. This recognition of Protestantism was
the best fruit of Gustavus Adolphus’ participation in
the Thirty Years’ War. In the territorial settlement
the treaty accorded to Sweden Hither Pomerania, west
of the Oder, and part of Farther Pomerania, along the
right bank of the Oder ; the islands of Riigen, Usedom,
and Wollin ; Wismar and the bishoprics of Bremen and
Verden. The reason for this scattering of the Swed-
ish possessions is that it gave Sweden control of the
mouths of three German rivers, and the splendid har-
bor of Wismar was the terminus of a fourth line of
transportation that is from the Elbe to the Baltic.
Sweden had now become one of the greatest Eu-
ropean powers. When the peace was concluded, Chris-
tina had for four years, since 1644, been the ruling
queen of Sweden.
The Danish War, 1643-1645. Through Gustavus
Adolphus’ victories in Germany Sweden had become
the chief power in the North. One can readily see how
Denmark must have felt to be thus pushed back from
her leadership. Christian IV did not dare, however,
to resort to force a second time, but instead caused
Sweden trouble in other ways. For centuries Den-
mark had levied toll on all merchant vessels passing
through 6resund. But by agreement Swedish vessels
were exempt from this toll. Now, however, they were
unnecessarily keenly searched and in various ways
annoyed. Denmark’s jealousy and overbearance was
more than Sweden could long endure. Furthermore
permanent peace could not be maintained in the North
as long as the boundaries between the kingdoms were
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