1636 in Sweden

Events from the year 1636 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• Posten AB was established as Kungliga Postverket (The Royal Postal Agency).
• Axel Oxenstierna return to Sweden.
• Battle of Wittstock
• All cities north of Stockholm and Åbo (Turku) are prohibited from foreign trade.
• Establishment of the Nya smedjegÃ¥rden.
• Treaty of Wismar

Births

• Queen Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599–1655), the wife of Gustavus Adolphus, was prominent in Swedish history, but she died later, in 1655.
• March 24 - John Casimir of Sweden (1631–1665), John Casimir was the son of King Gustavus Adolphus and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg.

Deaths

• February 3 – Petrus Kenicius, archbishop (born 1555)
• Euphrosina Heldina von Dieffenau, royal governess and courtier (born unknown year)
• Johannes Messenius, historian, dramatist and university professor (born 1579)

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