Resumen de Swedish Copper and Financial Skullduggery in Amsterdam
In 1611 the young Gustav Adolf Vasa ascended the throne of Sweden as Gustav II Adolf. Along with the throne, the king inherited a disastrous war with Denmark, which he ended by signing the onerous Peace of Knared. The terms included the obligation for Sweden to pay a one million rixdaler reimbursement to redeem the strategically important fortress at Alvsborg. With an empty treasury, the king turned to his fellow Protestants in the United Provinces for financial assistance.
