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“Potz Donner haben wir das alles getan?” This is what Frederick I of Sweden (r. 1720–51) is said to have exclaimed on one occasion when confronted by a sycophantic flatterer with a list of all the recent beneficial and wise decisions made by His Majesty the king of Sweden.1 That is also how Frederick I is remembered,—as the roi fainéant par excellence of Swedish history The reality, however, is far more complicated.
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Persson, F. (2014). From Ruler in the Shadows to Shadow King: Frederick I of Sweden. In: Beem, C., Taylor, M. (eds) The Man behind the Queen. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137448354_6
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