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Constitution Of 1772The Constitution of 1772 took effect by the unbloody Gustavian coup d'tat establishing a brief Absolute Monarchy in Sweden, and was a reaction on the perceived disadvantages of half a century of parliamentarism during the so called Age of Liberty in Sweden. Although criticised as authoritarian, and in 1789 modified further in autocratic direction, the constitution was relatively liberal compared with the situation in other contemporary states in Europe. In the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, that in 1809 was created from the eastern third of Sweden, it was replaced first July 17, 1919. In Sweden, the loss of Finland resulted in both a new royal dynasty and a rewrite of the constitution. See also
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