King <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gustav III of Sweden">Gustav III</a> completes his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'état" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> by adopting a new <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Constitution_of_1772" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Swedish Constitution of 1772">Constitution</a>, ending <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Liberty" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Age of Liberty">half a century of parliamentary rule</a> in Sweden and installing himself as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_absolutism" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Enlightened absolutism">enlightened despot</a>.