Kingdom of Sweden

Kingdom of Sweden
Faction information
Ruler	King Carl Gustaf
Claimant	Former Queen Christina

“	The Kingdom of Sweden so far remains neutral to both the Muscovites and the Poles, but it keeps its cold eye on their northern lands. No one has any doubt that it shall draw its hands around the throat of whichever nation loses the coming war. The Swedes have an impressive army, dreaded by all of Northern Europe.	”
— Jaques de Clermont

The Kingdom of Sweden is a nation in Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword, located on the northwestern edge of the map of Eastern Europe.

It is ruled by King Carl Gustaf, and the claimant to the throne is Former Queen Christina. It is at the North-West area of the map.

The Kingdom of Sweden is one of two nations without a main questline, the other being the Crimean Khanate.

Rulers

King Carl Gustaf Initial ruler

Former Queen Christina Claimant

Vassals

General Brahe Wisingsborg	Governor-General Magnus De la Gardie	Count Orvar von Goya
Governor Anders Eriksson	Elector Frederick William	Ratsherr Dirich Werneken
General Arvid Vittenberg	General Gustaf Evertsson Horn	Ratsherr Alexander Leslie
Baron Gustaf Wrangel	Baron Christopher Bjolke	Ratsherr Lennart Torstenson
Ratsherr Otto Standbok	General Simon Grundel-Hemfet	Ratsherr Konrad Marenfeld
Ratsherr Fabian Von Wersen	Ratsherr Hans Von Koenigsmark	Ratsherr Nilson Kagg
General Robert Douglas	Ratsherr Carl Lebenhaupt

Tactics

Strengths

• Excellent musketeers.
• Reliable infantry capable in going toe-to-toe with other infantry and cavalry.
• Superb dragoons and heavy cavalry.
• Strongest militia units in the game.

Weaknesses

• Lacking in light infantry.
• Poor light cavalry.

Sweden is known for its heavy infantry, cavalry, and skilled musketeers. These aspects combined, Sweden is one of the most powerful factions. Crimean and Cossack Hetmanate cavalry can easily deal with Swedish shock infantry, but Swedish miquelet muskets, if in proper numbers, can prevent this. Polish Winged Hussars are perhaps Sweden's most challenging opponent. These hussars can ride through musket ranks and heavy infantry ranks. Swedish cavalry is capable of preventing this, but they are expensive to maintain and do not have the shooting skill of Cossack cavaliers, except the top-ranking Swedish Reiter, who is also equipped with the Good Broadsword, the most powerful one handed weapon in the game, although it's plagued with having the slowest speed of a sword in the game. When the horsemen are not shooting at enemies, they can ride through the ranks wielding said weapon, which has been noted to split groups up effectively. All in all, Sweden is a very general faction able in most all situations.

Troop tree

Town Recruits	Mercenary Camp	Village Recruits
Garrison Commander Militia Pikeman Militia Musketeer Infantry Commander Pikeman Musketeer Town Militiaman Finnish Harquebusier German Pikeman Black Reiter Cavalry Commander Dragoon Heavy Infantry Commander Lifeguard Swordsman Heavy Cavalry Commander Cuirassier Cuirassier Spearman Personal Guard Commander Swedish Reiter Mercenary Commander Scottish Musketeer Scottish Swordsman Scottish Pikeman	Infantry Swedish Mercenary Infantryman Marksman Swedish Mercenary Rifleman Cavalry Swedish Mercenary Cavalryman	Town Militiaman Militia Pikeman Militia Musketeer

Territories

The territory of the Kingdom of Sweden contains the following Towns, Castles, and Villages.

Battle Cries

• insult marks lines heard in the middle of a battle.
• death marks lines heard on the death of a character.
• victory marks lines heard at the end of a battle by the winning side.

Trivia

• Out of all of the nations in Eastern Europe, the Kingdom of Sweden is the only one that exists in modern times as it does in With Fire & Sword, with only slight differences: its territories in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are no longer Sweden's, and Finland is independent.
• The Kingdom of Sweden was not fully shown in With Fire & Sword, because Sweden itself wasn't featured, and not all of Finland was shown either.
• Ratsherr, a title shared by several Swedish vassals, is German for councilor, which would mean that these vassals were members of the Privy Council of Sweden, key advisors (and occasional co-rulers) to the Swedish monarch. The title in Swedish would be "Rådsherre".
• In the game's code, the Kingdom of Sweden is referred to as nord; the Kingdom of Nords being similar in that it is based around the Nordic countries/Scandinavia.
• In the audio files for the battle cries, there is a clip where a dying Swedish soldier is heard speaking German. This clip is swed_man_death_2.ogg. Whether this represents the regionality of individual soldiers (such as the German Pikeman) or that the Swedish faction in the game is actually a simplified version of the politics on the western side of the map (such as Swedish vassals using German titles, and the inclusion of the Prussian region as Swedish), or simply an oversight, is unknown.

Factions