Scandinavia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed
A) The expansion of Denmark so as to dominate the Baltic.
B) Sweden as a second-rate power after the Great Northern War.
C) Sweden and Denmark join forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660.
D) the economic dominance of Sweden over the rest of northern Europe.
E) the conquest of Sweden by Norway.

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The Great Northern War (1700-1721) between Sweden and a coalition of Denmark, Russia, and Poland resulted in Sweden becoming a second-rate power in the region.

Scandinavia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Witnessed