1573 in Sweden

Events from the year 1573 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – John III

Events

• 23 January - Battle of Lode
• - The deposed King Erik XIV is separated from his family: the former King is taken to VästerÃ¥s Castle, Karin MÃ¥nsdotter and their daughter to Åbo (Turku) Castle, and their son is taken from them.

Births

• Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1669)

Deaths

• 1 January - Hans Boije af Gennäs, commander
• 26 October - Laurentius Petri, the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born 1499)

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