[PAR] [TLE] History of Sweden (1523–1611) [SEP] The Early Vasa era is a period that in Swedish and Finnish history lasted between 1523–1611.  It began with the reconquest of Stockholm by Gustav Vasa and his men from the Danes in 1523, and Sweden's consequent abandonment of the Kalmar Union, and continued with the reign of Gustav's sons Eric XIV, John III, John's son Sigismund, and finally Gustav's youngest son Charles IX.  The era was followed by a period commonly referred to as the Swedish Empire when Sweden acted as a Great European power. [PAR] [TLE] Kalmar Union [SEP] The Kalmar Union or Union of Kalmaris (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish: "Kalmarunionen" ; Latin: "Unio Calmariensis" ) was a personal union that from 1397 to 1523 joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then including parts of Finland), and Norway, together with Norway's overseas dependencies (then including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Northern Isles).  The Union was not quite continuous; there were several short interruptions.  Legally the countries remained separate sovereign states, but with their domestic and foreign policies being directed by a common monarch.
[PAR] [TLE] History of Sweden ( 1523–1611 ) [ SEP ] The Early Vasa era is a period that in Swedish and Finnish history lasted between 1523–1611 . It began with the reconquest of Stockholm by Gustav Vasa and his men from the Danes in 1523 , and Sweden 's consequent abandonment of the Kalmar Union , and continued with the reign of Gustav 's sons Eric XIV , John III , John 's son Sigismund , and finally Gustav 's youngest son Charles IX . The era was followed by a period commonly referred to as the Swedish Empire when Sweden acted as a Great European power . [PAR] [TLE] Kalmar Union [ SEP ] The Kalmar Union or Union of Kalmaris ( Danish , Norwegian and Swedish : " Kalmarunionen " ; Latin : " Unio Calmariensis " ) was a personal union that from 1397 to 1523 joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark , Sweden ( then including parts of Finland ) , and Norway , together with Norway 's overseas dependencies ( then including Iceland , Greenland , the Faroe Islands and the Northern Isles ) . The Union was not quite continuous ; there were several short interruptions . Legally the countries remained separate sovereign states , but with their domestic and foreign policies being directed by a common monarch .
What union was directed by a common monarch and was abandoned in 1523?
What union was directed by a common monarch and was abandoned in 1523 ?
Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union