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=== Union ===
The agreement of 19 February seemed to have calmed the situation; Sigismund was crowned in the [[Cathedral of Uppsala]] and became the [[king of Sweden]]. The [[Kingdom of Sweden]] was now in a [[personal union]] with [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland–Lithuania]]. In July, Sigismund left Sweden in the hands of the regency council and returned to Poland. Sweden was to be ruled jointly by the [[Privy Council of Sweden]] and Sigismund's uncle Duke Charles.
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In 1598, the Sejm gave Sigismund the go-ahead to wage a military campaign against his opponents in Sweden; however it refused to give him significant support. Sigismund's army was composed mostly of [[mercenaries]] (Germans and Hungarians), supported by a relatively small Polish force (although with some [[artillery]]).
[[War against Sigismund|Sigismund's campaign]] was poorly planned. He was unable to coordinate his troop movements with his supporters, particularly Fleming who was supposed to attack Charles from Finland. After initial successes (the taking of [[Kalmar]] and [[Battle of Stegeborg|defeating]] Charles' troops at [[Stegeborg]]), Sigismund's forces were defeated on September 25, 1598, at the [[Battle of Stångebro]], (also known as the battle of Linköping). Sigismund was captured and forced to hand over some of his followers such as the [[Chancellor of Sweden]], [[
=== Aftermath ===
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== Geography ==
At the time of the union, the coastline of Poland stretched from Pomerania in the southwest to [[Pärnu]] in the northeast (modern-day Estonia). The Swedish coastline stretched from [[Brömsebro]] in the west, around the northern part of the Baltic, down to [[Pärnu]]. Thus the time of the Polish–Swedish union was unique in that the [[Baltic Sea]] effectively became an internal sea of this superstate. A somewhat similar situation exists as of 2024, in that the Baltic Sea is now surrounded by NATO, with the sole exception of [[Kaliningrad]] and [[St. Petersburg]].
== See also ==
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