Reduction (Sweden)
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In the reductions in Sweden, (Swedish: Reduktion) fiefs that had been granted to the Swedish nobility were returned to the Crown.

The first reduction (Swedish: Fjärdepartsräfsten) under Charles X Gustav of Sweden in 1655 restored a quarter of "donations" made after 1632. In the Great Reduction of 1680 under Charles XI of Sweden the Crown recaptured lands earlier granted the nobility.

See also

• Counties and baronies in Finland

References

• 1558–1710. Estonia under Swedish rule
• Reduktion Nordisk familjebok (Swedish)
• Reduktion (Swedish)

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