Swedish Purge

The Swedish Purge refers to a series of armed conflicts that were fought between 1766 and 1769 in Sweden following the ascension of Queen Christina of Sweden to the throne, and her rejection of the Church of Sweden. Christina, a devout Catholic, saw the future of the Swedish Empire with the Catholic Powers of Europe, and officially rejected the Church of Sweden during her corronation. With the political backing of a plot to install a Catholic Ruler in Sweden, and the military backing of the Holy League, Christina officially disbanded the Church of Sweden, and enacted legislation making the Roman Catholic Church the official religion in Sweden.

The result was the almost overnnight outbreak of rebel groups who sought to depose of the new queen. The most powerful being the Janite Movement of Jan Kirkmann. With the backing of the Holy League, the Swedish Kingdom was easily able to overpower the Protestant rebels. Queen Christina then enacted the Edit of 1770, which criminalized Protestantism with execution.