f Sweden
in 1522. On one side, a half-length figure of Gustavus
Vasa, with the date 1522 and the inscription: GVSTAF
ERICSEN G[VBERNATOR] R[EGNI] S[VECIAE]. On the other,
crowns and arrows, with the inscription: PROTEGE NOS IESV 116

Coin issued in Stockholm in 1522. On one side, the
inscription: GOSTA[F] ERI[KS] SO[N] 1522, and in the
centre, G[VBERNATOR]. On the other, a crown, with the
inscription: MONET[A] STO[C]KHOLM[ENSIS] 122

Coin issued in Stockholm in 1522. On one side, a full-length
figure, with the inscription: S[ANCTVS] ERICVS REX
SWECIEI. On the other, crowns and arrows, with the
inscription: MONE[TA] STO[C]KHOLM[ENSIS] 1522 122

Coin issued in Stockholm in 1522 or 1523. On one side, three
crowns, with the inscription: S[ANCTVS] ERICVS REX
SVE[CIAE]. On the other, the inscription: MONETA
STOC[K]HO[LMENSIS] 122

Coin issued in Upsala in 1523. On one side, a bust with
arrows and sheaves of corn, and the inscription: S[ANCTVS]
ERICVS REX SWECIE. On the other, three crowns, with the
inscription: MONE[TA] NOVA VPSAL[ENSIS] 1523 123

Coin issued in Vesteras in 1523. On one side, a crown, with
the inscription: GOST[AF] REX SWECIE. On the other, three
crowns, with the inscription: MONE[TA] NOVA
WESTAR[OSIENSIS] 123

Coin issued at the coronation of Gustavus Vasa in 1528. On
one side, a full-length figure of the king, with crown,
sword, and sceptre, and the inscription: GOSTAVS D[EI]
G[RACIA] SVECORVM REX. On the other, the inscription:
MONET[A] NOVA STO[C]K[H]OL[MENSIS] 1528 272

THE SWEDISH REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER I.

CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF GUSTAVUS VASA. 1496-1513.

Birth of Gustavus.--His Ancestors.--Anarchy in Sweden.--Its Causes:
Former Independence of the People; Growth of Christianity; Growth of
the Aristocracy; the Cabinet; Enslavement of Sweden; Revolt of the
People against Denmark.--Christiern I.--Sten Sture.--Hans.--Svante
Sture.--Sten Sture the Younger.--Childhood of Gustavus.--His
Education at Upsala.

The manor of Lindholm lies in the centre of a smiling district about
twenty miles north of the capital of Sweden. Placed on a height between
two fairy lakes, it commands a wide and varied prospec