A bank in a monarchy: an early modern anomaly? The Swedish Bank of the Estates of the Realm

This article aims to analyse credit as a core element in the political changes and processes of state formation that took place Sweden second half seventeenth-century. The study focuses on discussions within Council Realm at Diets about how use two Swedish seventeenth-century banks creditors state. were essential parts an elaborate attempt shift public debt regime from one based private personal king men government institutional Estates Realm. outcome procesess was contingent upon some topics early modern Europe’s financial discourses: nature sovereign, relationship between interests good, role functioning representative assemblies. process beginning development which sovereign borrowing became concern, eventually strengthened Estate’s position vis-à-vis government, is significant example interconnectedness politics credit.