<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gustav III of Sweden">Gustav III of Sweden</a> stages <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_1772" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Revolution of 1772">a coup d'état</a>, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riksdag_of_the_Estates" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Riksdag of the Estates">Riksdag</a> and the King.<sup about="#mwt40" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_19#cite_note-6" id="mwdg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwdw">[6]</span></a></sup>
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