# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:50.091Z

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name: "Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden"
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description: "The Swedish king who turned a Baltic backwater into a military juggernaut and died trying to settle the Thirty Years' War. He reimagined battlefield tactics—mobile artillery, aggressive maneuver, combined arms—and Protestants across Europe still name churches after him for saving their cause at Breitenfeld in 1631."
tagline: "Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1594-12-09"
deathDate: "1632-11-06"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Gustavus Adolphus inherited the throne at sixteen in 1611 along with three wars: against Russia, Denmark–Norway, and his cousin Sigismund III Vasa of Poland. The Danish conflict cut deepest. Over two decades he rebuilt Sweden's military around speed and firepower, stressing attack over defense and teaching a generation of commanders like Lennart Torstensson who would carry his methods forward. His administrative overhauls—parish registration for taxation and conscription, raids on Jesuit libraries for their books—fed the war machine. By 1631 his victory at Breitenfeld made him the Protestant champion and positioned Sweden as a great power. A year later, at Lützen on 6 November 1632, he was killed in battle. Count Axel Oxenstierna, his Lord High Chancellor, took over as regent. The Riksdag gave him the title "the Great" two years after he fell.