Europe in 1300

Sweden

In 1300, Sweden was independent and was fairly aggressive, for it was starting to expand into the territories known today as Finland. There was a powerful trading city, Novgorod, in modern Russia, which had long been a rival of the Swedes, and the two sometimes used Finland as their battleground. In 1300, then, Sweden was firmly oriented toward the eastern Baltic.

It should be noted that Sweden was really more a collection of powerful barons rather than a real kingdom. Moreover, most of northern Sweden was inhabited mainly by the Lapps, and the southern tip was under the control of the Danes. So "Sweden" was only about a third to a half of its modern size.