 Chimwe chikonzero chikuru nei Sweden yaigona kubudirira kwazvo muhondo ine varwi vashoma kwazvo yaiva nzira dzayo dzechiuto dzapamberi. Sweden yakakwanisa kuchinja nzira dzayo dzechiuto nguva dzose mukati menguva yacho yose. Gustavus Adolphus asati aita shanduko, baba vake, Charles IX, nababamunini vake Erik XIV vakanga vaedza kuchinja mauto asi vakanga vatadza kuita kudaro. Charles IX, kufanana nevamwe vatongi vakawanda, akanga aedza kuita kuti mauto ashandise nzira yokuzvitonga yokuNetherlands asi haana kubudirira. Kushaikwa kwekurongeka kwakasimba muvarwi vaifamba netsoka kwakakonzera kuti huwandu hwevarwi vemapikicha kune varwi vepfuti huve hwakaderera zvakanyanya kupfuura huwandu hunodiwa hwe1 kune 1. Izvi, pamwe chete nokushayikwa kwemari yokupa varwi nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, zvakakonzera kuti varwi vechiSweden vave vakashongedzerwa zvishoma uye vasingakwanisi kubata nevatasvi vemabhiza kana kuti varwi vanorema vari munzvimbo yakavhurika. Charles IX, zvisinei, akakwanisa kushandisa gadziriro yechiDutch yokurwa mucaracole pakati peboka ravatasvi, nemigumisiro inosuruvarisa. Uto rake rainge richangobva kugadziridzwa rakakundwa zvine utsinyepaKircholm vachirwa neuto rePolish-Lithuanian raitungamirirwa naJan Karol Chodkiewicz. MaHussaria ndiwo akanga ari uto rokupedzisira rokurwisa ravarwi vaiva vakatasva mabhiza muEurope rakanga richiri kurwisa nemapfumo, asi vakaratidza zvinotyisa kuti kupamba kwaiitwa nechisimba kwakanga kwakakwirira zvikuru kana kuchienzaniswa nechiuto chokudzivirira chaishandiswa muEurope yose. Pakupedzisira, kupandukira kwaCharles IX mwana womunununa wake Sigismund wePoland uye kusimuka kwake pachigaro choumambo cheSweden kwakakonzera kurwira kwedzinza pachigaro choumambo cheSweden icho chaisazoguma kutozosvikira chibvumirano cheOliva muna 1660. 