What was the Great Reduction of 1680?
A tax reform
A land reform
A military reform
A religious reform
Answer
The Great Reduction of 1680 was a land reform that required the nobility to return estates gained from the crown to the king. This put an end to the efforts of the nobility to establish their own estates in Sweden.
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