Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden. The vast majority… Read Full Bio ↴Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden. The vast majority of their albums are written about historical events, mainly wars and significant battles. Sabaton has been referred to as one of the "big four" power metal bands, along with Helloween, Blind Guardian and DragonForce. They are one of the most successful metal bands in Swedish history, with their album Carolus Rex being the best-selling Swedish heavy metal album of all time.
Formation and first albums (1999–2009)
Sabaton was formed in December 1999. After the first songs were recorded in Peter Tägtgren's studio, The Abyss, Sabaton was contacted by a couple of record labels. The band signed with the Italian label Underground Symphony, which then released, internationally, the promo CD Fist for Fight. The disc, distilled from two demo tapes recorded between 1999 and 2000, was intended to promote forthcoming Sabaton releases. In 2002, a new album, Metalizer was recorded and was supposed to be distributed by Underground Symphony as the band's debut album. After two years of waiting, during which the band held various performances across Sweden, the album was abandoned.[4][5]
Joakim Brodén playing at Global East Rock Festival in Ukraine 2010
The band returned for a second album titled Primo Victoria. Brodén stated that the album's title track "kicked off" the band's historical theme.[6] Sundström stated that the band decided to focus primarily on historical themes in their lyrics after he and Brodén watched the film Saving Private Ryan.[7] Sabaton signed with Black Lodge, the metal division of the Sound Pollution record label. In early 2005, keyboardist Daniel Myhr was recruited in order to relieve Joakim Brodén of his keyboard duties. In early 2006, Sabaton toured in support of Edguy and DragonForce.[8] The band's third album, Attero Dominatus, was released in Europe on 28 July 2006.[9] In March 2007, Sabaton released Metalizer as a double disc together with Fist for Fight, along with the previously unreleased song "Birds of War".[10]
Sabaton performing at Norway Rock Festival in 2010
As a follow-up to Metalizer, in May 2008, Sabaton released its fourth album The Art of War, an album inspired by the influential book by Sun Tzu. The decision to base the album upon Sun Tzu's book came from the idea that in the 2000 years since the book was written, the human race has achieved many things, but, apart from weapon advancements, operational art, and strategy, war itself has remained basically the same.[citation needed] The album contains the singles "Cliffs of Gallipoli" and "Ghost Division". They toured Europe in 2009 as an opening act on the HammerFall Tour.[11] After their Bloodstock performance, the band again went on tour with DragonForce, towards the end of 2009, for eighteen shows in the UK.[12]
Coat of Arms (2010–2011)
The band had hoped to begin recording the next album in October but with concerts booked and the DragonForce support tour the following month, it was pushed back. On 23 December 2009, the band announced the name of their forthcoming album. Coat of Arms contains a majority of songs about World War II including the Winter War. They announced it on their official website, and posted a link to a YouTube video containing the album art and a teaser music sample. Coat of Arms was released on 21 May 2010. The first music video, for "Uprising", was released on 1 August 2010 and features Peter Stormare. This was accompanied by a European tour. A second music video, for "Screaming Eagles", was released on 25 May.
Lineup change (2012–2015)
In 2012, two-thirds of Sabaton's lineup left the band.[13] On 31 March vocalist Joakim Brodén confirmed rumors that the band would be going separate ways, with only Brodén himself and bass player Pär Sundström staying on board. Sabaton was joined by new members Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund on guitar, and Robban Bäck on drums. Former Sabaton guitarists Oskar Montelius and Rikard Sundén, drummer Daniel Mullback and keyboardist Daniel Myhr went on, together with vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson and bassist Stefan Eriksson, to form a new band, Civil War.[14] In November 2012, drummer Robban Bäck decided to take a break from touring due to becoming a father. Snowy Shaw replaced him as touring drummer, who in turn was replaced by Hannes Van Dahl in November 2013. Prior to replacing Shaw, Van Dahl had worked as Shaw's drum technician while drumming for the band Evergrey.
In the same year, Sabaton released a new concept album Carolus Rex.[15]
Sabaton performing at Rock Fest in 2014
Sabaton performing at Wacken Open Air, Germany in 2015
In January 2014, the band announced the cover of their new album called Heroes, then due to be released on 16 May 2014. The album proved to be a hit and made #1 on the official Swedish album chart.[16] On 27 January the band was announced to play Download Festival in June.[17] In October 2015 performed their first concert in Japan in Loud Park.
The Last Stand (2016–2018)
In December 2015, five songs by the band were added to the third external music pack for the strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Interactive.
On 6 June 2016, the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, they released a music pack for the Paradox game Hearts of Iron IV with songs based on World War II, the theme of the game. They released a second on 26 January 2017.
Their eighth album The Last Stand, was released on 19 August 2016, announced in April.[18] On 10 June 2016 the first single of the album was released, called "The Lost Battalion" and about the eponymous military unit of World War I.[19] On 25 July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Thobbe Englund had left the band.[20] Thobbe Englund played his last show with Sabaton at Sabaton Open Air 2016.
Tommy Johansson of Majestica was announced immediately as the new member after Englund's final show with the band.[21]
Pär Sundström stated in a 2017 interview that the group would be touring less in 2018 so they could concentrate on writing and recording their next album.[22] Joakim Brodén confirmed a 2019 release date for the still-untitled album in a September 2018 interview on MAD TV's show TV War.[23] On 31 December 2018, it was further confirmed in an official announcement YouTube video.[citation needed]
Sabaton History and The Great War (2019)
On 8 January 2019, the band announced the creation of a YouTube channel called Sabaton History, a cooperation between Indy Neidell, TimeGhost History and Sabaton. The channel documents the history of the events behind Sabaton songs and the songs themselves. The channel was created on 7 February 2019.[24]
On 22 April 2019 Sabaton released a standalone single, "Bismarck", in a collaboration with Wargaming and their game World of Warships. The song is about the German Battleship Bismarck, one of the biggest ever built in Europe. Commissioned in August 1940, it sank in May 1941 after an intense hunt in the North Atlantic.[25]
On 2 April 2019, the band announced a new concept album about the First World War entitled The Great War. On 5 May 2019, they played in Plzeň on the anniversary of the Prague uprising. The album was released on 19 July 2019.[26] The first single on the album is 'Fields of Verdun', which was released on 3 May.[27] On 13 June the lyric video for the song, "Red Baron", was released.[28] On 27 June the premiere of "The Great War" was released.[29]
On 1 August 2019, the band performed their 20th anniversary show at Wacken Open Air festival 2019; during the gig former guitarist Thobbe Englund joined the band on stage for two songs.[30] In the second half of the show Sabaton invited other former members to the festival's second stage - Rikard Sundén, Daniel Mÿhr, and Daniel Mullback, along with Englund. Sundén, Mÿhr, and Mullback are all members of Civil War, a similar band formed by the three along with Oskar Montelius, another former Sabaton member, as well as Nils Patrik Johansson and Stefan Erikkson, neither of whom are former Sabaton members.[citation needed]
On 30 August 2019, the band was involved in a serious car accident in Tunisia while returning from a music video shoot in the Sahara Desert. Injuries from the wreck forced them to cancel a show in Gdańsk, Poland.[31]
Single releases and The War to End All Wars (2020–present)
On 23 December 2020, Sabaton posted a short teaser of a new song on YouTube, writing: "We bet you did not see this one coming.. Are you ready for some new Sabaton music? Wait no more! Hear now a teaser of one of our upcoming songs.."[32] On the next day, the band announced that they would begin recording their tenth studio album "in a few days".
They released "Livgardet", the Swedish version of a new single, on 26 February 2021, with the English version released on 9 April.[33] The song is a tribute to the Swedish regiment Livgardet, the Royal Guard, released in relation to its 500-year anniversary as a military unit, making it one of the world's longest serving military units. The song was initially done in cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces and Livgardet regiment, but the cooperation was halted after orders from the Swedish Army Command, citing the fact that Sabaton had played on Crimea in 2015 on a festival hosted by the Russian motorcycle gang Night Wolves.[34]
On 7 May 2021, a single called "Defence of Moscow", an English cover of a song in Russian by Radio Tapok, was released.[35]
On 10 August 2021, Sabaton posted a teaser for 14 August 2021 in morse code translating to 'The war to end all wars.'[36] This then lead to the announcement on 14 August 2021 of their new album continuing on the subject of World War I with the title The War to End All Wars.[37] It was released on 4 March 2022. The first single from the album, "Christmas Truce", was released on 29 October 2021.[38] The second single from the album, "Soldier of Heaven", was released on 7 January 2022.[39] The third single from the album, "The Unkillable Soldier", was released on 11 February 2022.[40]
On 25 August 2021, the song "Steel Commanders" was released in support of new Sabaton content in the popular video game World of Tanks.[41] It was later elected by Loudwire as the 33rd best metal song of 2021.[42]
On 30 September 2022, the song "Father" about German scientist Fritz Haber was released as the first single from their EP Weapons of the Modern Age, part of a planned three-part trilogy titled Echoes of the Great War.
Discography
Primo Victoria (2005)
Attero Dominatus (2006)
Metalizer (2007)
The Art of War (2008)
Coat of Arms (2010)
Carolus Rex (2012)
Heroes (2014)
The Last Stand (2016)
The Great War (2019)
The War to End All Wars (2022)
Formation and first albums (1999–2009)
Sabaton was formed in December 1999. After the first songs were recorded in Peter Tägtgren's studio, The Abyss, Sabaton was contacted by a couple of record labels. The band signed with the Italian label Underground Symphony, which then released, internationally, the promo CD Fist for Fight. The disc, distilled from two demo tapes recorded between 1999 and 2000, was intended to promote forthcoming Sabaton releases. In 2002, a new album, Metalizer was recorded and was supposed to be distributed by Underground Symphony as the band's debut album. After two years of waiting, during which the band held various performances across Sweden, the album was abandoned.[4][5]
Joakim Brodén playing at Global East Rock Festival in Ukraine 2010
The band returned for a second album titled Primo Victoria. Brodén stated that the album's title track "kicked off" the band's historical theme.[6] Sundström stated that the band decided to focus primarily on historical themes in their lyrics after he and Brodén watched the film Saving Private Ryan.[7] Sabaton signed with Black Lodge, the metal division of the Sound Pollution record label. In early 2005, keyboardist Daniel Myhr was recruited in order to relieve Joakim Brodén of his keyboard duties. In early 2006, Sabaton toured in support of Edguy and DragonForce.[8] The band's third album, Attero Dominatus, was released in Europe on 28 July 2006.[9] In March 2007, Sabaton released Metalizer as a double disc together with Fist for Fight, along with the previously unreleased song "Birds of War".[10]
Sabaton performing at Norway Rock Festival in 2010
As a follow-up to Metalizer, in May 2008, Sabaton released its fourth album The Art of War, an album inspired by the influential book by Sun Tzu. The decision to base the album upon Sun Tzu's book came from the idea that in the 2000 years since the book was written, the human race has achieved many things, but, apart from weapon advancements, operational art, and strategy, war itself has remained basically the same.[citation needed] The album contains the singles "Cliffs of Gallipoli" and "Ghost Division". They toured Europe in 2009 as an opening act on the HammerFall Tour.[11] After their Bloodstock performance, the band again went on tour with DragonForce, towards the end of 2009, for eighteen shows in the UK.[12]
Coat of Arms (2010–2011)
The band had hoped to begin recording the next album in October but with concerts booked and the DragonForce support tour the following month, it was pushed back. On 23 December 2009, the band announced the name of their forthcoming album. Coat of Arms contains a majority of songs about World War II including the Winter War. They announced it on their official website, and posted a link to a YouTube video containing the album art and a teaser music sample. Coat of Arms was released on 21 May 2010. The first music video, for "Uprising", was released on 1 August 2010 and features Peter Stormare. This was accompanied by a European tour. A second music video, for "Screaming Eagles", was released on 25 May.
Lineup change (2012–2015)
In 2012, two-thirds of Sabaton's lineup left the band.[13] On 31 March vocalist Joakim Brodén confirmed rumors that the band would be going separate ways, with only Brodén himself and bass player Pär Sundström staying on board. Sabaton was joined by new members Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund on guitar, and Robban Bäck on drums. Former Sabaton guitarists Oskar Montelius and Rikard Sundén, drummer Daniel Mullback and keyboardist Daniel Myhr went on, together with vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson and bassist Stefan Eriksson, to form a new band, Civil War.[14] In November 2012, drummer Robban Bäck decided to take a break from touring due to becoming a father. Snowy Shaw replaced him as touring drummer, who in turn was replaced by Hannes Van Dahl in November 2013. Prior to replacing Shaw, Van Dahl had worked as Shaw's drum technician while drumming for the band Evergrey.
In the same year, Sabaton released a new concept album Carolus Rex.[15]
Sabaton performing at Rock Fest in 2014
Sabaton performing at Wacken Open Air, Germany in 2015
In January 2014, the band announced the cover of their new album called Heroes, then due to be released on 16 May 2014. The album proved to be a hit and made #1 on the official Swedish album chart.[16] On 27 January the band was announced to play Download Festival in June.[17] In October 2015 performed their first concert in Japan in Loud Park.
The Last Stand (2016–2018)
In December 2015, five songs by the band were added to the third external music pack for the strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Interactive.
On 6 June 2016, the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, they released a music pack for the Paradox game Hearts of Iron IV with songs based on World War II, the theme of the game. They released a second on 26 January 2017.
Their eighth album The Last Stand, was released on 19 August 2016, announced in April.[18] On 10 June 2016 the first single of the album was released, called "The Lost Battalion" and about the eponymous military unit of World War I.[19] On 25 July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Thobbe Englund had left the band.[20] Thobbe Englund played his last show with Sabaton at Sabaton Open Air 2016.
Tommy Johansson of Majestica was announced immediately as the new member after Englund's final show with the band.[21]
Pär Sundström stated in a 2017 interview that the group would be touring less in 2018 so they could concentrate on writing and recording their next album.[22] Joakim Brodén confirmed a 2019 release date for the still-untitled album in a September 2018 interview on MAD TV's show TV War.[23] On 31 December 2018, it was further confirmed in an official announcement YouTube video.[citation needed]
Sabaton History and The Great War (2019)
On 8 January 2019, the band announced the creation of a YouTube channel called Sabaton History, a cooperation between Indy Neidell, TimeGhost History and Sabaton. The channel documents the history of the events behind Sabaton songs and the songs themselves. The channel was created on 7 February 2019.[24]
On 22 April 2019 Sabaton released a standalone single, "Bismarck", in a collaboration with Wargaming and their game World of Warships. The song is about the German Battleship Bismarck, one of the biggest ever built in Europe. Commissioned in August 1940, it sank in May 1941 after an intense hunt in the North Atlantic.[25]
On 2 April 2019, the band announced a new concept album about the First World War entitled The Great War. On 5 May 2019, they played in Plzeň on the anniversary of the Prague uprising. The album was released on 19 July 2019.[26] The first single on the album is 'Fields of Verdun', which was released on 3 May.[27] On 13 June the lyric video for the song, "Red Baron", was released.[28] On 27 June the premiere of "The Great War" was released.[29]
On 1 August 2019, the band performed their 20th anniversary show at Wacken Open Air festival 2019; during the gig former guitarist Thobbe Englund joined the band on stage for two songs.[30] In the second half of the show Sabaton invited other former members to the festival's second stage - Rikard Sundén, Daniel Mÿhr, and Daniel Mullback, along with Englund. Sundén, Mÿhr, and Mullback are all members of Civil War, a similar band formed by the three along with Oskar Montelius, another former Sabaton member, as well as Nils Patrik Johansson and Stefan Erikkson, neither of whom are former Sabaton members.[citation needed]
On 30 August 2019, the band was involved in a serious car accident in Tunisia while returning from a music video shoot in the Sahara Desert. Injuries from the wreck forced them to cancel a show in Gdańsk, Poland.[31]
Single releases and The War to End All Wars (2020–present)
On 23 December 2020, Sabaton posted a short teaser of a new song on YouTube, writing: "We bet you did not see this one coming.. Are you ready for some new Sabaton music? Wait no more! Hear now a teaser of one of our upcoming songs.."[32] On the next day, the band announced that they would begin recording their tenth studio album "in a few days".
They released "Livgardet", the Swedish version of a new single, on 26 February 2021, with the English version released on 9 April.[33] The song is a tribute to the Swedish regiment Livgardet, the Royal Guard, released in relation to its 500-year anniversary as a military unit, making it one of the world's longest serving military units. The song was initially done in cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces and Livgardet regiment, but the cooperation was halted after orders from the Swedish Army Command, citing the fact that Sabaton had played on Crimea in 2015 on a festival hosted by the Russian motorcycle gang Night Wolves.[34]
On 7 May 2021, a single called "Defence of Moscow", an English cover of a song in Russian by Radio Tapok, was released.[35]
On 10 August 2021, Sabaton posted a teaser for 14 August 2021 in morse code translating to 'The war to end all wars.'[36] This then lead to the announcement on 14 August 2021 of their new album continuing on the subject of World War I with the title The War to End All Wars.[37] It was released on 4 March 2022. The first single from the album, "Christmas Truce", was released on 29 October 2021.[38] The second single from the album, "Soldier of Heaven", was released on 7 January 2022.[39] The third single from the album, "The Unkillable Soldier", was released on 11 February 2022.[40]
On 25 August 2021, the song "Steel Commanders" was released in support of new Sabaton content in the popular video game World of Tanks.[41] It was later elected by Loudwire as the 33rd best metal song of 2021.[42]
On 30 September 2022, the song "Father" about German scientist Fritz Haber was released as the first single from their EP Weapons of the Modern Age, part of a planned three-part trilogy titled Echoes of the Great War.
Discography
Primo Victoria (2005)
Attero Dominatus (2006)
Metalizer (2007)
The Art of War (2008)
Coat of Arms (2010)
Carolus Rex (2012)
Heroes (2014)
The Last Stand (2016)
The Great War (2019)
The War to End All Wars (2022)
Long Live the King
Sabaton Lyrics
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Dreams are seldom shattered, by a bullet in the dark
Rulers come and rulers go, will our kingdom fall apart?
Who shall we now turn to, when our leaders lost their heart?
Lives are lost but at what cost, will the grand dream fall apart?
Killed by his own or by his foes, turned the tide
Three hundreds years still no one knows, the secret remains
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
Brought him back to Sweden, where we put him in a chest
Years of war and agony, now the king can finally rest
What will be uncovered, from that cold November night
Fredrikshald, what happened there, will it ever come to light?
Killed by his own or by his foes, turned the tide
Three hundreds years still no one knows, the secret remains
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
For their honor, for their glory
For the men who fought and bled
A soldier from Sweden remembers the dead
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
Rulers come and rulers go, will our kingdom fall apart?
Who shall we now turn to, when our leaders lost their heart?
Lives are lost but at what cost, will the grand dream fall apart?
Killed by his own or by his foes, turned the tide
Three hundreds years still no one knows, the secret remains
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
Brought him back to Sweden, where we put him in a chest
Years of war and agony, now the king can finally rest
What will be uncovered, from that cold November night
Fredrikshald, what happened there, will it ever come to light?
Killed by his own or by his foes, turned the tide
Three hundreds years still no one knows, the secret remains
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
For their honor, for their glory
For the men who fought and bled
A soldier from Sweden remembers the dead
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
The song "Long Live the King" by Sabaton tells the story of the Swedish King Charles XII, also known as Carolus Rex, and his final stand. The lyrics ask whether the dreams of the kingdom will shatter due to a bullet in the dark, as the rulers come and go. It wonders who the kingdom will turn to when its leaders lose their heart, as lives are lost and the grand dream appears to be falling apart.
The chorus speaks of Carolus Rex and how the soldiers brought him back to Sweden, where he was finally laid to rest after years of war and agony. The lyrics also touch on the mystery surrounding his death and whether he was killed by his own or by his foes. Three hundred years later, the secret remains unknown, and the song reflects on this unresolved part of Swedish history.
The powerful and emotional lyrics pay tribute to the soldiers who fought and died for their honor and glory, with a soldier from Sweden remembering their sacrifice. Overall, the song is a moving tribute to a king and his soldiers, and their final stand in the face of adversity.
Line by Line Meaning
Dreams are seldom shattered, by a bullet in the dark
Sometimes our dreams get destroyed suddenly, without a warning
Rulers come and rulers go, will our kingdom fall apart?
Leadership often changes, but will our country still survive?
Who shall we now turn to, when our leaders lost their heart?
In times of need, who will guide us when our rulers have lost their strength and courage?
Lives are lost but at what cost, will the grand dream fall apart?
People are dying, but will we lose everything we fought for?
Killed by his own or by his foes, turned the tide
The king's death changed everything, but we don't know who was responsible
Three hundreds years still no one knows, the secret remains
Even after 300 years, we have not uncovered the truth behind the king's death
Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus
Our big dreams were shattered with the king's death, but we still honor and remember him
Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex
The king's body was brought back to Sweden by his loyal soldiers, we still remember him as a great ruler
What will be uncovered, from that cold November night
We still hope to find out what really happened when the king died on that fateful November night
Fredrikshald, what happened there, will it ever come to light?
Can we ever uncover the truth behind the king's death at the Battle of Fredrikshald?
For their honor, for their glory
We remember the brave soldiers who fought and died for their country
For the men who fought and bled
We honor those who fought and suffered for their country's cause
A soldier from Sweden remembers the dead
We still not forget our fallen heroes from the past
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOAKIM BRODEN, PAER SUNDSTROEM
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Haradream
I couldn't hold it anymore and wrote a poem like thing about Carolus:
Death came unexpected
Norwegian artillery striked
He was sure
To win the war
19 years, but he still hoped for more
Generals are clueless
What to do with all that mess
Empire's gone
The war is lost
One bullet brought it down
He was so proud, but yet so poor
Everyone turned against him
In peace may he rest
Broken soldiers heart
To see his beloved king die
No rest for Caroleans
They can't save their king
Can't bring him back, they have to live
No rest for Caroleans
Now they can fall back
But with no one they can guard
Snow path guides the way
In a wooden coffin now he lays
No more glory, no more might
No more for Sweden he can fight
Killed at night
He won't see the light
Never changed his mind
He was one of a kind
And now he's dead in a muddy trench
No one cries for him
Except his loyal musketeers
No rest for Caroleans
Found by officers
Killed by bullet in the head
Long Live Carolus Rex
I know, it's not perfect, but I tried my best. R.I.P. Charles XII Wittelsbach 😭
Cécilia
This is a true piece of Art.
Sabaton really showed how this warrior king was a child, a mad man with nothing but his wars and at the same time not exactly evil.
I actually feel really bad for Carl, he was no more as a child when he was crowned. While Henry the 8th was the word 'King' in the sense of a fatt bastard, Carl was the word 'King' in the sense of a great military ruler.
He was a lonely child with nothing but himself, so he grew up to bring the world the only thing his own heart could ever long for and that was war.
He may have been the end of his empire but he didn't deserve a death like that. We simply do not know enough today to say the last words about him.
May the King at least rest in Vallhala.
Tuomas Soininen
Gives chills and has an almost addictive beat and lyrics. Can't stop listening to it. Sabaton you guys killed it. Congrats from Finland
hajus tuggmun
Hey im also from Finland salute old friend sweden
Gunn-Britts Lag och Etik
@hajus tuggmun we should reunite some time ;)
Andro
I'm part Russian so I'm naturally glad Russia won the war, but I can't help but feel sad for him and his empire. He was brave, valiant and an inspiration to his nation, his death was the final blow for the Swedish empire. And whatever you think about him, he was a bit hard to deal with after all, you cannot deny he tried his absolute best for his nation and people. RIP Carolus Rex.
Incendiary Bullet
Top Kek -
Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, George Washington, , Thomas Jefferson, Peter the Great (enemy of Karl XII during the Great Northern War), Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Otto von Bismarck, and Charles DeGaulle.
All of those are examples of great rulers after the death of Karl XII (Carolus Rex).
Naggu Horra
I’m the same and it’s worse for me
Being danish
Thoskö Music
Vikingen He did do some good, but then he ruined everything by starting WW2 and genocided people. I think the bad outways the good here.
AsatruWolfGaming
Incendiary Bullet I would like to point out that although yes, in ways Abraham Lincoln was a good leader, but he did once say "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it." While Robert E. Lee said "There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war."
𝐸𝓲𝓷𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓳𝓪𝓻ᴸᴳᴮᵀᴾʳⁱᵈᵉ
It's funny how a war between Sweden and Russia is what made both countries and all of Scandinavia closer allies than ever before. Respect was given on both sides and fo this day Russians respect Scandanavia for this and Scandanavia respects Russia for it.
Xavier Reichel
The guttural, emotion-choked performance Joakim brings to some words is breathtaking. "Will our kingdom fall apart", "When our leaders lost their heart", "Years of war and agony". It's so stunning. And that bridge is stirring as hell. I can absolutely feel the misery and defiant loyalty in "A soldier from Sweden remembers the dead!". But the chorus completes it. "Broken dreams so grand..." - it stirs such tragic and valiant emotions. Bravo. Long live the King, long live Carolus Rēx.