Swedes

Civilization	Technology tree	Strategy

Swedes
Civilization information
Introduced in	Definitive Edition
Continent	Europe
Home City	Stockholm
Features/Characteristics
Unique units	Carolean Hakkapelit Leather Cannon
Unique buildings	Torp
Royal Guard units	Pikeman Hakkapelit
AI personality	Gustavus Adolphus

The Swedes are one of the two civilizations introduced in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, the other being the Incas. They are descendants of the Vikings who inhabited Scandinavia, and are siblings to the Danes and Norwegians. In comparison with the other European states, Swedish colonization in the Americas was quite minor: they held the Delaware River from 1638 to 1655, Saint-Barthélemy from 1784 to 1878, and Guadeloupe from 1813 to 1814, and are more famous for their emigration to Minnesota.

Features

• Torps can gather resources when built next to them
• Mercenary shipments cost less coin and arrive faster
• Have access to advanced technologies at the Arsenal
• Royal Guard units: Pikeman (Dalkarl), Hakkapelit (Drabant)

Unique units

Carolean: Swedish Musketeer that fires quickly and counters Cavalry from range instead of at melee distance. Can charge quickly with his sword equipped. Good in melee combat.

Hakkapelit: Heavy Hand cavalry from Finland with a powerful short-ranged attack.

Leather Cannon: Light, affordable artillery than can fire and reposition quickly. Good against infantry.

Unique buildings

Torp: A Swedish House that spawns a small Berry Bush and automatically gathers nearby resources.

Home City cards

Main article: Swedish Home City Cards

Trivia

• The Swedish flag shown in the game is actually the State flag and civil ensign of Sweden (1905–present), which is anachronistic with the period in which the game takes place.

History

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