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Instrument of Government (1809)
The
Instrument of Government
adopted on 6 June 1809 by the
Riksdag of the Estates
was one of the
fundamental laws
that made up the
constitution
of
Sweden
from 1809 to 1974. It came about after the
Coup of 1809
, when the disastrous outcome in the
Finnish War
led Swedish nobles and parts of the army to revolt, forcing King
Gustav IV Adolf
to abdicate, and to go into
exile
.
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