 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sweden yakabata, kwechinguvana, kudzora nzira huru dzokutengeserana dzeBaltic; uye kuwedzera kwemari kunobva muchinzvimbo ichi chinorayira kwakanga kuri kwokubetsera kwokunyama mukati memipimo yapakuvamba yehondo muGermany, uko mambo weSweden Gustavus II Adolphus akatamisira mauto ake muna June 1630. Gustavus, uyo gare gare aizonzi Shumba yokuchamhembe nemhaka yamano ake somutungamiriri, akapindira parutivi rwavaPurotesitendi muhondo yavagari vemo yeGermany. Achishandisa unyanzvi hutsva hwechiuto hwakadai sezvombo zvechiuto zvakareruka uye zvinotakurika, chikamu chakakura chevarwi vake vaishandisa zvombo zvinopisa zvinopesana nemapikicha, uye nzira dzinoshamisa dzevatasvi vemabhiza, akawana kukunda kukuru paHondo yeBreitenfeldmuna 1631. Muhondo yeLützen musi waNovember 6, 1632, akatasva bhiza achipinda muboka revarwi vaifamba nemabhiza vomuvengi uye akaurayiwa. Kurwa kwacho pachako kwakanga kusingapindirani. Makore maviri gare gare mauto oUmambo akawana rukundo runopwisa pauto ravaPurotesitendi paNördlingen. Kuti adzivise vaHabsburg kukunda muhondo, France, iyo yakanga yatopa Sweden rubatsiro rukuru rwemari, yakapindira kudivi ravaPurotesitendi. Hondo yacho yakapfuurira kwamakore akawanda kutozosvikira chibvumirano chorugare chapera muna 1648. MuRugare rweWestphalia Sweden yakagamuchira muripo, pamwe chete nokudzora Western Pomerania uye mabhishopu eBremen neVerden. Nokudaro rakakunda kudzora muromo weOder, Elbe, uye Weser Rivers, uye rakawana manzwi matatu muDare raMachinda reGerman Reichstag. 