1595 in Sweden

Events from the year 1595 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Sigismund

Events

• 8 May - The Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) is terminated by the Treaty of Teusina with a victory and territorial gain for Sweden.
• - The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and bans the Catholic mass.
• - The last remaining Catholic convent in Sweden, the Vadstena Abbey, is dissolved and the nuns leave for Poland.
• - The Uppsala University, revived two years prior, is granted is official letter of privilege.

Births

• 1 May - Lars Kagg, officer (died 1661)
• 9 June 1595 - Władysław IV Vasa, prince (died 1648)
• Ebba Leijonhufvud, courtier and foster mother of queen Christina (died 1654)
• Ebba Ryning, court official (died 1642)

Deaths

• 26 June - Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, prince (born 1542)
• - Henrikki Laavunpoika of Kankainen, army commander (born 1512)

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