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SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY. S3
that the national consciousness of Sweden was brought to life. The small
provincial dominions, with their separate interests and mutual jealousies, disappear
from its annals; and for the first time there appears upon the stage of history
a united ’ self-conscious Swedish nation.
Kalmar Castle.
From this time onwards, the rest of the Kalmar-Union Period presents the
spectacle of almost unbroken strife between Sweden and Denmark, now upon
the field of battle, now again at numberless diplomatic negotiations and
meetings. The fundamental principle that the king should be chosen by the three
nations together, was continually being set aside by the Danes, who chose
the king themselves, and then tried to force his acceptance upon tho two
other nations. Under these circumstances there arose in Sweden two parties,
one which worked for the Danish kings, and the other a national party, which
desired to hand over the government of Sweden to Swedes — forming a kind
of provisional administration and bearing the name of "Protector of the Realm"
(riksföreståndare). At the head of the latter party there usually stood members
of the two Sture families; and these looked for support to the peasantry of
Sweden.
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