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tences were carried out. This event has been called
the Linkoping Massacre (Linkopings Blodbad) .
Many of Sigismund’s partisans were imprisoned,
others went into exile to Poland.
D. REGENCY AND REIGN OF CHARLES IX, 1599-1611
Development of Mining and the Iron Industry. In
time Duke Charles assumed the royal title and was then
known as Charles IX.
His reign differed very
much from that of Eric
and John. Like his fa-
ther, he felt it his duty
as king to work for the
development of his coun-
try. Like his father, too,
he wanted to have a
hand in everything, and
to set right what was
wrong. This work he had
already begun as regent.
He devoted himself espe-
cially to mining and the
iron industry in Verm-
land. He was zealous in encouraging prospecting
for new mines. All who would build smelting furnaces
were given years of exemption from taxes. He was the
real creator of Vermland’s mining industry. For him
were named Karlstad and the Karlskoga mining dis-
trict. Thus there arose a flourishing region where
there had formerly been miles of lake and river shores.
Charles IX.
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