Editing Gustav Vasa (section)

====Election as king====
[[Image:RoggeborgenSträngnäs.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Roggeborgen, in Strängnäs, was a central location during the events when Gustav Eriksson was elected king of Sweden.]]

The ceremonial election of the regent Gustav Eriksson as king of Sweden took place when the leading men of Sweden got together in [[Strängnäs]] in June 1523.<ref name="Peterson2007">
{{cite book |last=Peterson |first=Gary Dean |title=Warrior Kings of Sweden: The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPJWfVPgFawC&pg=PA31|access-date=6 July 2013|date=1 January 2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2873-1|pages=31–}}</ref> 
When the councillors of Sweden had chosen Gustav as king, he met with the two visiting councillors of Lübeck. The German representatives supported the appointment without hesitation and declared it an act of God. Gustav stated he had to bow to what was described as the will of God. In a meeting with the Privy Council, Gustav Eriksson announced his decision to accept. In the following ceremony, led by the deacon of Strängnäs, [[Laurentius Andreae]], Gustav swore the royal oath. The next day, bishops and priests joined Gustav in Roggeborgen where Laurentius Andreae raised the holy sacrament above a kneeling Gustav Eriksson. Flanked by the councillors of Lübeck, Gustav Eriksson was brought to [[Strängnäs Cathedral]] where the king sat down in the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] with the Swedish privy councillors on one side, and the Lübeck representatives on the other. After the hymn "[[Te Deum]]", Laurentius Andreae proclaimed Gustav Eriksson king of Sweden. He was, however, still not crowned. In 1983, in remembrance of the election of Gustav as Swedish king on 6 June, that date was declared the [[National Day of Sweden]].<ref>Larsson 2005, pp. 74ff.</ref>

[[Image:The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523 (Carl Larsson) - Nationalmuseum - 23935.tif|left|200px|thumb|''The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm'', 1523, by [[Carl Larsson]]]]