1597 in Sweden

Events from the year 1597 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Sigismund

Events

• February 24 - End of the Cudgel War.
• - Bad harvests again cause famine.
• - The Riksdag of Arboga confirm Duke Charles as regent, and the loyalists of the King flees to Poland.

Births

Deaths

• January 27 - Jaakko Ilkka, rebel leader of the Cudgel War (born 1545)
• 13 April - Klaus Fleming, admiral and governor (born 1535)
• 19 July - Gunilla Bielke, queen (born 1568)
• 20 November - Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (born 1549)
• 11 November - Gustav of Saxe-Lauenburg, prince (born 1570)

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