Hacker News Reader

Sweden was once a superpower. Or, at least a "great" power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Empire

And they behaved as badly as today's super-powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluge_(history)#Swedish_invas... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prague_(1648)

> The main result, and probably the main aim, was to loot the fabulous art collection assembled in Prague Castle by Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612), the pick of which was taken down the Elbe in barges and shipped to Sweden

That was not really the point.

You mean militaristic expansionism?

Precisely.