1597 in Sweden

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The regent duke Charles (later king Charles IX) insulting the corpse of Clas Eriksson Fleming in presence of the Dowager-Governor of Åbo, Ebba Stenbock. Albert Edelfelt’s painting, 1878.

Events from the year 1597 in Sweden

Incumbents

Events

  • February 24 - End of the Cudgel War.[1]
  • - 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

References

  1. H. Ylikangas, Nuijasota, 1977, ny uppl. 1996, sv. övers. K.: det blodiga bondekriget i Finland 1596-97, 1999


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