Great Northern War (1700-1721) - Swedish Victory Aftermath

Assuming that Sweden had crushed the twice as big Russian army at Poltava, thus pushing Russia into submission, what would a future, Swedish-dominated Europe look like?
 
Sweden-dominated northern Europe you mean?

Well I guess it would almost certainly be a pyrrhic victory due to the fact that Sweden is sparsely populated compared to Poland, Russia, Brandenburg and almost every other enemy except Denmark.

But if they manage to wrestle Norway free from Denmark, either as a Swedish domain or independent(but against Denmark) they can focus more on the east.
If they keep Norway they inherit some problems as well(need for bigger navy, which means the attention of the UK).

My reccomendation would be this:
- keep Norway and tell the UK that they want to be friends
- fortify the shit out of the eastern border with Russia(in Finland)
- don't suppress Finnish or Norwegian identity, it will only backfire. Unify through commerce, economic development and conscription.
- fortify the Baltic territories
- ally with Poland against a resurgent Russia(and hope for the best)
- give free land to those who want to settle the eastern(uninhabited) areas


Knowing the Swedish kings, a victory would probably lead to more foolish adventures which ends with Russia trashing them.
 
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