Editing Gustav IV Adolf (section)

==Politics==
Gustav Adolf's prompt dismissal of the generally detested [[Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm]], the duke-regent's leading advisor, added still further to his popularity. On 31 October 1797, Gustav married [[Frederica of Baden|Friederike Dorothea]], granddaughter of [[Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden|Karl Friedrich]], Margrave of [[Baden]], a marriage which seemed to threaten war with [[Russia]] but for the fanatical hatred of the [[French First Republic|French republic]] shared by the [[Paul I of Russia|Emperor Paul of Russia]] and Gustav IV Adolf, which served as a bond between them. Indeed, the king's horror of [[Jacobinism]] was intense, and drove him to become increasingly committed to the survival of Europe, to the point where he postponed his coronation for some years, so as to avoid calling together a [[Diet (assembly)|diet]]. Nonetheless, the disorder of the state finances, largely inherited from Gustav III's [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)|war against Russia]], as well as widespread crop failures in 1798 and 1799, compelled him to summon the [[Riksdag of the Estates|estates]] to [[Norrköping]] in March 1800 and on 3 April the same year.{{sfn|Bain|1911}} When the king encountered serious opposition at the Riksdag, he resolved never to call another.