1Prince  Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert of Sweden, or his original name: Couchi. Couchi was born 1747 in a Danish colony somewhere in Africa. 

His parents died as a result of their home burning down when he was young, and so when he was 10 he was shipped off as a slave to Etastråtet (an old Danish title) “Reiser” who would later give him away to Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden as a present.

Lovisa Ulrika decided to take this “opportunity” (ew) to test if an African could fit in among white people if he was raised like one.

Couchi lived with the royals in Sweden as an assistant to Lovisa Ulrika. She has said that she saw him as the son she never had. (Lovisa Ulrika had three sons already so I- bro) He was called “Badin” by the Swedes, as it meant “Joke, silly, weird, odd”. That is why I prefer to NOT call him that, though you will find that most people in modern day history know him for that name anyway.

He loved reading, which fitted Lovisa Ulrika quite nicely since she herself was a bit of a reader. Couchi was to a lot of support for her after her husband, the king of Sweden’s death.  After Lovisa Ulrika’s death, Couchi would go on to serve Lovisa’s daughter Sofia Albertina, who seem to have been very fond of Couchi, with him even writing a poem about her on her birthday.

Though he had been lucky to not be shipped off to work as a farmer slave somewhere, it is very clear that he faced a lot of discrimination through his life. All from his name, to Gustav III calling him “Black man” instead of by his name at times, not even getting the chance of a  higher status among the royals despite his hard work and love for languages, books, poetry and theater.

I call him prince because technically, he is. He was adopted by a queen, and so he deserves that title after all that he had been through. Honestly he looks like such a nice guy he’s so cheerful. 

Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert Couchi. 1747-1822

The forgotten prince of Sweden.

The music of battle

Here's a drawing I did of I guess uhh... My own headcanon of SatW Sweden during the late 1600's and early 1700's. (The great northern war) The speedpaint will be uploaded on youtube either today or tomorrow. Depends on if I'm able to finish the video editing today or nah. I'm actually really happy with how this turned out! I wanted it to have a cold setting to... Well I guess represent the winter battles the Swedes had against the Russians during the war. It's a serious setting. Neither sides were good nor bad. But of course, that is understandable when war naturally is never "good". Many soldiers fought and lost their lives to protect their families and countries on both sides, and I think it's important to remember that we shouldn't glorify the countries involved, but rather remember what happened. The northern wars should never be seen as something to look up to. Just as any other war. It was started with selfish intentions and ended as such too. History should be remembered, not loved. Me myself drew this because I think it's fun to express and put the history I learnt onto paper, and I want to share the stories! And putting the history I've learnt into stories with characters such as SatW Sweden, it makes it easier for me to process, but also makes it more fun to draw and talk about! I almost wanna make a version of this drawing but with Russia, standing on the other side of the battlefield. Comment if you'd like to see that! Love y'all! I hope you liked it! :D

So when they gonna kiss

The tension in that picture lmao. It's two paintings of Gustav Vasa of Sweden, and Kristian II of Denmark. (Also known as Kristian the tyrant)

They were kings over their separate countries during the 1500's.

Added a new King Karl XII of Sweden sticker to my store! Check out if you'd like one!

(I will be adding more historical-figure-stickers soon!)

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We're doing a comic-strip project in art class, and like the history nerd I am, I decided to include some great northern war-leaders in mine!

Here you see my process sketches for the different leaders, that I am still not done with. The only official design is the bottom drawing of Karl XII.

I chose that one because it was more simple, more cartoony, and showed his personality as the child-king he initially was, and came to be known for. (He became king at the age of 14/15 because his dad died from what they suspect might have been some form of cancer.)

The leaders in the sketches: Karl XII of Sweden, Augustus III of Poland-Lithania, Fredrik V of Denmark and Peter the Great of Russia.

(these drawings are in no way meant to be patriotic, or to glorify the people it's depicting. It is more of a comedic take on history and is not to be taken seriously)

Queen Kristina of Sweden. Also known as Alexandria (her name in Rome).

Or should I say: King of Sweden?

Yeah, that's right. It's the Lesbian girl king we all know and love.

(yeah, this one I also had to screenshot from my deviantart which you can tell from the watermark. Check it out if ya wanna)

An older digital painting I made of Queen Elizabeth the first of England. Wasn't too happy with the results but I still felt like posting it.

(sorry for the bad picture quality, I had to screenshot from my deviantart cuz I'm on my phone rn)

Some older sketches from early summer of the Swedish Carolean uniform. (Great northern war)

Moder Svea

“Here by the wall”

A drawing I made inspired by some photos and the aesthetic of Gotland's capital city, Visby. Visby has got a very old wall around it built to protect the city from mostly Denmark, but also other enemies like Russia between 1250-1288. The wall is still there, but is slowly falling apart and on many places covered with plants and flowers. And that's what I think makes it so beautiful. There was a bloodbath that happened there year 1361 where around 1 800 soldiers and farmers died while trying to defend Visby from Denmark. The wall has still got visible damage on it from previous attacks but also since it is falling apart because of the flora taking over, and time passing. A place that once used to be a battlefield has turned into a field of plants and flowers. Even the city is filled with Roses and ruins from old churches. The city is one of the only medieval cities we have left in Sweden, and has got a few museums about Sweden's middle ages since most of the stuff we once knew about our past burnt down in the fire of three kronor in Stockholm. Visby was the place that still had our history preserved. In the picture you see Sweden when he was younger. The scene is of course inspired by the song "Drift away" from the Steven Universe movie. The plants has taken over everything around him, damage that has been done in the past has been forgotten and so has he. Replaced by beautiful Roses. It's just a nice thought. How time heals everything.

Carolus Rex (Karl XII) in his crowning clothes. He was 15 at the time of his crowning.

Fun fact: Karl XII may have accidentally dropped his crown the day of his crowning, for it was too big for his head. This would have been seen as a huge bad omen, especially since the castle (Tre Kronor) hade just burnt down recently, if it wasn't for the fact that someone catched the crown before if hit the ground, and quickly put it on the king's head again before anyone could see or make note of it.

A history/art project in school I've been working on.

I just thought the audio fit Karl XII

Edgy. I know, but I wanted to try something new. The video is bout the Stockholm bloodbath year 1522.

"Ål-land"

"Ål" in Swedish means "Eel"

But wait... Sweden... Swede... Oh no

Swede and Ål-land

Perfect

Weird shit is happening

Finally free!

Finally break!