1663 in Sweden

Events from the year 1663 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• The Swedish Collegium medicum is founded to supervise the medical professions.
• The pirate Gustav Skytte is exposed, trialed and executed.
• Colony of the Swedish Gold Coast seized by the Netherlands, and integrated into Dutch Gold Coast.

Births

• 16 April – Maria Elizabeth of Zweibrücken, princess (died 1748)
• 20 August – Amalia von Königsmarck, painter, actress and poet (died 1740)
• unknown – Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (died 1676)

Deaths

• 8 March – Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (born 1600)
• 21 April – Gustav Skytte, pirate (born 1637)
• 3 May – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor (born 1592)

References