Gustav III works towards reform in the same direction as other contemporary sovereigns of the "age of enlightenment".

Criminal justice becomes more lenient, the death penalty is removed for many crimes, and torture is abolished.

He takes an active part in every department of business, but relies far on extra-official councilors of his own choosing than upon the senate.

The effort to remedy the widespread corruption that had flourished under the Hats and Caps engages a considerable share of his time and he even finds it necessary to put on trial the entire Göta Hovrätt, the superior court of justice in Jönköping.

Gustav allows Jews to settle in Stockholm and ...