GUSTAV I VASA

born May 12, 1496? died Sept. 29, 1560, Stockholm, Sweden original name Gustav Eriksson Vasa king of Sweden (152360), founder of the Vasa ruling line, who established Swedish sovereignty independent of Denmark. Additional reading Studies include Ingrid Hammarstrm, Finansfrvaltning och varuhandel, 15041540: Studier i de yngre Sturarnas och Gustav Vasas statshushllning (1956), an epoch-making study of how a rustic society achieved military and political prominence; Sven Lundkvisi, Gustav Vasa och Europe: Svensk handels- och utrikespolitik, 15341557 (1960), a reliable work; and Ingvar Andersson, A History of Sweden (1956), ch. 1314.