13000 BC - 5000 BC

The Ice
When the ice had drawn back from southern Scandinavia (approx. 13.000 BC) the land was a barren plain. It took four thousand years before the ice had drawn back all the way to Norrland. No humans - no vampires...

The Invasions
The earliest nomads appeared in the area 7000 BC from the south. Farming started approximately 3000 BC. Around 2000 BC a series of invasions from the south take place, mainly from Jylland. Warring tribes settle in the area. These tribes brought the horse, the axe, and the worship of Thor - god of thunder. The natives are slaughtered or enslaved under the new harsh masters, which turn into chieftains of farmers around 1800 BC. The warring people whom arrive are kinfolk to Children of Fenris and shapechangers follow them. The few vampires of clan Gangrel whom have moved in the outskirts of these people, become the first kindred in Scandinavia.

The Bronze Age
1500 BC marks the beginning of the Bronze Age. The influence of the Mediterranean high-cultures grows during this period in time. The worship of the sun god become more popular as the weather becomes more cold and rainy. For several hundred years serious changes in the climate affected the area: the land became cloudier, rainier and the harvests often failed.

The Iron Age and the Romans
Approximately 500 BC a large-scale emigration from Scandinavia begins, heading south due to the poor climate and failed harvests. Most of the population stayed and struggled on, but the emigration was still noticeable.
During the next centuries, the Romans realize that there are Germanic barbarians not only north of the "Herkynian Forest" in the middle of Germany, but also north of the "Sverbian Sea" in the north. Already before 100 AD, the roman scribe Tacitus speak of a people way up in the north, in the very ocean. They were called "sviones" whom allegedly populated an island kingdom and were feared due to their fleets and weapons.

Odin in Europe
At this time a Gangrel by the name "All High" or Odin travels together with the Germanic tribes, and will be a thorn in the Roman empires side for years to come. Between 200 and 300 AD he resides in central Europe, and repeatedly gets into conflict with the Ventrue and the Malkavians of Rome. His goal is rumored to be the destruction of the aspiring civilizations.

Odin meets Germanicus
At the end of the 5th century Odin meets Germanicus. It was hate at first sight. Germanicus is said to have converted a large number of the Germanic tribes against their master, and with the aid of the newly proclaimed state-religion Christianity the "All High's" grip over the Germanic tribes was finally ended.

The Line of the Young
At the end of the 5th century a lot of the old farming community on the islands in the Baltic Sea is lost. Days of worry and the large emigration created big problems. During this period the "uppsvenska sveafolket" appears before all the tribes and nations in the area. They successively gain mastery over the entire middle of Sweden, and later the westgoths, the eastgoths, and thus the Swedish people were born.
The Silverfangs enter Scandinavia and take the power from the Children of Fenris. The last stand, at Uppsala, fell approximately 400 AD and "The Line of the Young" - a branch of the Silverfangs - placed their religious and tribal home on this spot to remind the defeated of who their masters were.

Odin's war against the shapechangers
About the year 500 the Gangrel methuselah the "All High" or Odin arrives to the Scandinavian Peninsula together with his progeny. This methuselah saw the unconquered people as an asset, an army to be used against his enemy. During the following two centuries Odin caused the shapechanger tribes to fight amongst themselves. Finally the Line of the Young collapsed and during this period the power of the garou in Sweden was diminished, only to collapse when Ingjald Illråde abolished the vassal-system.
The minor kings whom often consisted of kinfolk to the Children of Fenris started a rebellion in which the last remnants of the Line of the Young were crushed. At the same time the cairn in old Uppsala ceased to exist, something the garou attributed to Odin. The scattered garou-state fought a series of bloody battles for the position as rulers. These conflicts were cunningly orchestrated by Odin in order to weaken the garou. Several shapechangers were said to follow his command.

Ulf Wulfenkinder
About 620 AD Varg (Wolf) is created, then called Ulf Wulfenkinder. He later moved to Sweden in the 7th century and traveled to the middle of the land, around the city of Örebro. There he was given a new name "Varg" by the local population.

Odin conquers Uppsala
When Odin had consolidated his power during the 8th century, he had conquered Old Uppsala, which came to function as his center of power all the way to the 11th century.

The Age of Vikings
The Age of the Vikings is said to begin the year 793, as this was the year when the cloister of Lindisfarne in the north of England was raided. The Swedes participated in the journeys west but mainly traveled eastward. In the beginning of the 9th century the legendary Ruser chieftains Rurik, Sineus and Truvor journeys over the Baltic Sea where they lay the foundations to a great wealth, controlling important Russian travel routes. On the other side of the ocean Rurik is embraced, and in rapid succession merchant cities and castles are built in Novgorod, Bjelosersk and Kiev. After Ruriks staged death, Oleg ruled in place for Igor son of Rurik, and fused Kiev into the mighty Gårdarike or "Svithiod the great".

IIona is plundered
The Irish abbey Iona is plundered by vikings.

Odin's revenge
The remaining Silverfangs realized that their future had been swept away. In the east there still remains possibilities to create kingdoms. This became Novgorod and Kiev. The remaining garou was either expelled from Scandinavia or enslaved by Odin's progeny. The kinfolk of the garou stepped into line behind Odin. His vengeance against the mainland and against clan Ventrue was the viking raids in the east. Ghouled, dominated or religiously convinced - the vikings struck hard against the civilized world, a world which was seen as a threat and an enemy. Apart from the British islands, the vikings also attack the coastal areas around northern Europe as well as daring raids on the city of Paris.

Iona is plundered again
The Irish abbey is again plundered by vikings.

Iona is plundered yet again
The Irish abbey is again plundered by vikings a third time.

The first documented attempt to establish Christendom in Scandinavia was a cooperation between three clans: Ventrue, Toreador and Nosferatu. The Ventrue with its control over the emerging civilization was hit hardest by the viking raids. Apart from the British isles several other places were attacked: the Hansa with its headquarters in Lübeck under the antoin Albertus and his children, the city of Hamburg under the Ventrue prince Altenburg and Hardestadts progeny, the prince of Bremen. Together with the princes of other cities they formed the Northgerman union. This was a coalition of mainly Ventrue princes in an attempt to coordinate, defend and retaliate against the revenge of Odin - the vikings. One of their projects was the Christian mission in Scandinavia. One of their most rusted ghouls - Ansgar - got the assignment. At first the mission went along nicely, but when the news finally reached Odin the result was quick and hard - an attack on Hamburg. The city was razed and burned to the ground in response to the attempt to christianize Birka. The church in Birka was also burned.

Viking village in Dublin
A viking village is established in Dublin, Ireland.

Ventrue's offer
A hastily gathered alliance of Ventrues try to undermine the vikings by assimilating them. Vikings are offered power and responsibility on condition that they defend and uphold the order.

The present king of Sweden - Olof Skötkonung was a ghoul to Odin. His first more prominent political action was to form an alliance with Sven Tveskägg of Denmark and Erik Jarl of Norway, against Olav Tryggvason of Norway.
What Skötkonung did not know was that the Northern German coalition agent - Caius Germanicus - had succeeded in taking control over both Tveskägg and Jarl. Both these warrior kings served Germanicus via the bloodbond since they were ghouls. Olof Skötkonung resisted the temptations that Germanicus offered. So did Olav Tryggvarson, the king of Norway, who was under the influence of Odin. The Toreador and Nosferatu had succeeded in bringing Christianity to Denmark, with the aid of Eudoxia of Estergorm and Oliver Stavross whom had been expelled from Constantinople. Their plan was to "convince" Skötkonung of the message of Christianity and to allow himself to be baptized. After that they could strike against Odin via religion. This came to be. How they managed to break Odin's control over his ghoul is still a matter of discussion. Now only Olof Tryggvason was loyal to Odin, and with a numerically superior opponent the outcome was certain. But despite their advantage Eudoxia and Stavross could not use their position. Albeit their religion was spread, but the success was only secured in southern Sweden. The northern parts still refused to be converted.

Dmitrij Nemokovitj arrives on Gotland
Early in the 13th century the Toreador Dmitrij Nemokovitj from Russia arrives as the first kindred on Gotland.

Varg moves to Scotland
Varg moves to Scotland and assumes the name Wolf.

Jönköping is founded
Jönköping was founded by King Magnus Ladulås in the years 1284 when the trading post Junebäck expanded into a köping and a marketplace. Jönköping become an important military placement against Denmark.

The embrace of Magnus Ladulås
King Magnus Ladulås is embraced by an unknown kindred. He travels to Jönköping the same year to shape a princedom together with a handful of faithful kindred.

Olof Skötkonung returns from the dead
Olof Skötkonung proves his existence by laying siege to Jönköping with the aid of a few Danish kindred.

The Black Death
The plague starts to spread from Eastern Europe and hits both Denmark and Norway.

The Black Death comes to Sweden
The Black Death arrives in Sweden and people starts to die, even among the nobility, but the royal house managed to escape the disease since they during the time was visiting Finland. In Stockholm the hundreds of bodies lay in the street, and in Uppland only a sixth of the population survived the plague. Västergötland, Gotland and Värmland were also severely affected.

Magnus Ladulås disappears
Prince Magnus Ladulås disappears into a strange darkness in the middle of his gathered primogen, and the city falls in the hands of Olof Skötkonung.

The Great Anarch Revolt
The anarch revolt, which was defeated during the 15th century never, came to Scandinavia. Sweden's powerful rulers struck down all dissension in the country .

The Camarilla are found
The Toreador Rafael de Corazon holds his famous speech that leads to the founding of the Camarilla and the Masquerade.

The Sabbat escape to Scandinavia
Even though the anarch revolt didn't happen so much in Scandinavia, it wasn't hard to recognise the Sabbat when they escaped here during the 16th and 17th century. Only the neonates were persistent enough to start fighting with the Camarilla in Sweden. The packs that caused trouble were soon hunted down and killed by the Camarilla. The rest of the Sabbat did not resist this but instead helped with the extermination of the troublemaking packs.

The Peace Treaty with the Sabbat
In the autumn of 1528 the older packs signed a peace treaty with the Camarilla, where they were allowed to settle in Sweden as long as they enforce the Masquerade.

Gustav Vasa is embraced
Gustav Vasa is embraced on the 23rd of September 1560, by a foreign Ventrue .

The Great Sabbat War
Gustav Vasa holds his famous speech in Stockholm 1563, soon after the Sabbat's new raids across Europe. The Camarilla and the Sabbat had been living side by side long enough. The great Sabbat war starts and Gustav Vasa is chosen as general of Sweden. The war was long and costly for both sides.

Dmitrij leaves Gotland
Dmitrij Nemkovitj returns to Russia from Gotland. Shortly after this, a group of Brujah and Gangrel vampires that has been banned from Estland arrives. They settle on the island and the prince of Stockholm sends his right hand, Charles Movander, to be prince over Gotland.

Thules Herdar are formed
1686 the pack Thules Herdar (Shepherds of Thule) are formed at an abbey outside of Uppsala. Though supported from two nomad packs in the area they never made an attack on Uppsala. A mystery even today when the Camarilla there only consisted of 7 vampires. Instead there was a new peace treaty only for Uppsala. The result of this is that the kindred of Uppsala place themselves outside the war.