Saxon campaigns; several instances are recorded of Swedish soldiers being sentenced to death after flouting these orders. End of the Carolean Period The term "Carolean" is not used for Swedish soldiers after the death of Charles XII in 1718, the return to constitutional monarchy under the 1719 Instrument of Government and the end of the Great Northern War in 1721. However, the Swedish army continued to use the equipment, organisation and tactics of the Carolean period for the next sixty years, until the reforms of King Gustav III in the late 1770s. See also Military of the Swedish Empire Swedish army Swedish allotment system Great Northern War Carolean Death March Notes Bibliography Military history of Sweden 17th century in Sweden 18th century in Sweden 17th-century Swedish military personnel People of the Swedish Empire de:Einteilungswerk#Das jüngere Einteilungswerk