Svea Rike

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Svea Rike
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Developers Target Games, Korkeken Interactive Studio AB
Publisher Levande Böcker
Series Svea Rike
Platforms Windows, Macintosh
Release1997
Genre TBS

Svea Rike is a 1997 turn-based strategy video game [1] based on the history of Sweden, which became an inspiration to the later-established franchise Crusader Kings . [2] [3] [4] [5] The title roughly translates to "Swedish Realm". A sequel, Svea Rike II , was also made.

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The hybrid PC/Mac CD-ROM game was co-developed using Macromedia Director 6.x, by Stockholm game development studios Korkeken and Target Games AB, [2] [3] [4] [5] under the label Mesmer & Block. It was published by Levande Böcker, a subsidiary of Bonnier Multimedia, in 1997. [6] [7]

Svea Rike was based on the award-winning board game of the same name, sharing the historical theme of simulating political and cultural events in Northern Europe in the period 1523-1818, the general game structure, and much of the media content. [6] The notable additions for the CD-ROM version included a single-player mode against an AI, and a tactical combat system.[ citation needed ]

All wording and menus are in Swedish. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Svea rike" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1997. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Paradox Interactive Focuses on Grand Strategy Games". DFC Intelligence. April 14, 2015. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Paul Dean (September 25, 2013). "Inside Paradox, the strangest company in video games (EG)". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Pete Davison (September 25, 2013). "Inside Paradox, the Strangest Company in Games (VG247)". VG247 . Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Joshua Wolens (25 October 2025). "25 years of making history: Europa Universalis lead Johan Andersson talks grey hair, running out of ideas for DLC, and only hiring a menus guy after 3 games". PC Gamer . Archived from the original on 5 November 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "IGN page for Svea Rike". IGN . Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ "(Review) Svea Rike III [aka. "Swedish Empire III"]". FZ.se (in Swedish). Geeks AB. 2000-12-20. Archived from the original on March 10, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  8. ↑ Barry Brenesal (August 8, 2003). "Europa Universalis: Crown of the North (IGN review)". IGN . Retrieved December 16, 2025.

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