List of People Convicted of Treason - Sweden

Sweden

  • Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, attempted to overthrow the guardian-government of king Gustav IV Adolf with Russian military assistance.
  • Johann Patkul, protested the land-recovery project of Charles XI of Sweden and, when unsuccessful, sided with Augustus the Strong and tried to wrest Livonia from Sweden.
  • Magdalena Rudenschöld, for taking part in the Armfelt-conspiracy.
  • Brita Tott, for exposing military movements to Denmark
  • In 2001, four teenagers (their names were not reported) were convicted of treason after they assaulted King Carl Gustaf with a cream pie. The ringleader was fined 100 days income; the others were fined 80 days.

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