1606 in Sweden

Events from the year 1606 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles IX

Events

• March - The Riksdag of the Estates is summoned to Örebro. The main topic is the claim to the Swedish throne from the Polish monarch Sigismund III Vasa and the Counter-Reformation which his accession is feared to signify.
• - Foundation of the city of Vaasa in Finland.
• - Prince John is appointed Duke of Östergötland.

Births

• - Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius, professor and bishop (born 1674)
• - Arvid Wittenberg, count, field marshal and privy councillor (died 1657)

Deaths

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