1600 in Sweden

Events from the year 1600 in Sweden

Events

• 20 March - Linköping Bloodbath conducted against the Sigismund loyalists.
• - The immigration of Walloons to Sweden begins.
• The War against Sigismund becomes the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11).

Births

• 4 March - Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (died 1663)

Deaths

January-March

• March 20 (Linköping Bloodbath)
• Erik Sparre – the Chancellor of Sweden and a senator in the Riksens ständer
• Ture Nilsson Bielke – a senator in the Riksens ständer
• Gustaf Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer and father of Gustavus Adolphus' Field Marshal Johan Banér (b. 1547)
• Sten Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer
• Bengt Falck – a senator in the Riksens ständer

April-June

• May 18 - Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis, Swedish archbishop (b. 1550)

• May 19 - Gustaf Banér, privy Councillor (b. 1547)

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