No, France is interesting. China is interesting. Iran is interesting. The U.K. is very interesting. Sweden is the Canada of ancient history. Its like "Yeah Sweden was there but who cares?"
Plenty of people at the time.
Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years War played a vital part in shaping the Europe of today.
The important Baltic trade routes were increasingly dominated by Sweden until Charles XII's death.
If Sweden had made peace after Narva, we wouldn't have Russia as we do today. Access to Baltic ports meant access to the West, which meant it was no longer to be a backwater.
Sweden kicked the ass of every major power around it led by a 15 year old.
Also, the Caroleans were the most bad ass soldiers ever. Most Swedish armies were, but the Caroleans especially so.
And yet no one who isn't Swedish knows anything about any of that cause they were too busy looking into the histories of more interesting, more important nations.
You do have a point about the Caroleans, though I wouldn't call them the most badass soldiers ever (Swiss mercenaries, Roman Legionaries, Spartans, SAS commandos, Nepalese Ghurkas, the Dahomey Amazons, the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WWI, the Finnish army in WWII and a whole crap load of other military's could be argued as the "most badass soldiers ever")
Do note that my mockery of Sweden and Canada comes from the fact I am a Canadian of predominantly Swedish ancestry. Well, sort of. I have ancestry from all over Europe but Swedish and French are the largest parts of my heritage.