Gustav Vasa

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

'''''' (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the central part of the province. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the world, as well as the one with the highest number of participants.

Swedish-language Bible translation published in 1541

Large-scale Peasant revolt

church building in central Stockholm, Sweden

1878 play written by August Strindberg

picture by Carl Larsson

series of three rebellions in Sweden