it may be argued, that king gustav used the anjala conspiracy to win support for a revision of the swedish constitution in order to strengthen his own position and weaken the influence of his opponents. but it may also be argued that this was what he had aimed at with the war itself; and that even after the unsuccessful attack on russia he might indeed have been fully capable of achieving this, even without the boost in public opinion the anjala conspiracy offered. a conclusion might be that the conspiracy maybe is more significant as an indicator of the situation in sweden of the late 18th century, than as an actual agent in history.