Swedish History

Events 1 - 100 of 327

• 1220-08-08 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula
• 1276-05-24 Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral
• 1323-08-12 Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time

• 1389-02-24 Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
• 1397-06-17 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway
• 1397-06-30 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
• 1456-10-17 The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
• 1471-10-10 Battle of Brunkeberg: Swedish regent Sten Sture defeats forces led by Danish King Christian I

• 1520-11-04 Danish Norwegian king Christian II crowned King of Sweden
• 1520-11-08 Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
• 1520-11-09 Height of the Stockholm Bloodbath - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden executes Swedish nobles
• 1523-06-06 Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union
• 1527-06-24 Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking Catholic possessions
• 1528-01-12 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation"
• 1564-05-30 (-31st) The first battle of Öland (between the islands of Gotland and Öland): Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden
• 1570-12-13 Sweden and Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
• 1593-03-01 The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

• 1600-03-20 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden
• 1605-08-08 The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
• 1605-09-27 The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm
• 1610-07-04 Battle of Klushino: King Sigismund III's Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats Russia and Sweden
• 1611-10-30 Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes king of Sweden
• 1613-01-20 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
• 1617-03-09 Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
• 1621-09-15 Swedish troops occupy Riga
• 1628-04-29 Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein

• 1629-09-26 Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark
• 1630-06-26 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
• 1630-07-06 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde
• 1631-01-23 France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald
• 1631-09-17 Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf of Sweden defeats Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.
• 1632-09-03 Battle of Nuremberg: Duke Wallenstein beats Sweden

• 1633-04-23 Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn

• 1635-09-12 Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
• 1636-10-04 Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
• 1637-11-20 Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
• 1638-03-29 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
• 1638-12-17 French and Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
• 1641-12-25 Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France
• 1642-11-02 Second Battle of Breitenfeld, aka First Battle of Leipzig; victory for the Swedish army under Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over Holy Roman Empire army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
• 1645-03-05 Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III
• 1645-08-13 Sweden & Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro
• 1647-03-14 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm
• 1649-09-30 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
• 1654-04-21 England & Sweden sign trade agreement
• 1654-06-06 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism
• 1655-08-29 Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
• 1655-09-26 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
• 1655-10-09 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
• 1656-01-17 Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg
• 1656-07-30 Battle of Warsaw: Swedish King Charles X Gustav beats Polish-Lithuanian King Jan II Casimir and re-occupies Warsaw
• 1656-09-19 Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg
• 1656-10-24 Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant
• 1656-11-03 Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
• 1656-12-01 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
• 1658-03-08 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark
• 1658-08-15 France, Sweden, Bavarian, Brunswick, Munster and Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine
• 1658-11-08 Battle of the Sound: Swedish fleet prevails over the Dutch fleet during the 2nd Northern War
• 1659-02-11 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses
• 1660-02-23 Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
• 1660-04-23 Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland
• 1660-05-03 Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
• 1660-05-27 Denmark & Sweden sign The Treaty Of Copenhagen, ends Second Northern War
• 1661-06-21 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
• 1668-01-23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
• 1674-10-15 Torsåker witch trials begin, largest witch trials in Sweden, 71 beheaded and burned
• 1675-06-25 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
• 1675-06-28 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
• 1675-09-06 Swedish admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships

• 1676-06-11 Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
• 1676-12-03 Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
• 1676-12-04 Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
• 1678-11-05 Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
• 1681-09-30 Netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
• 1682-11-12 Swedish king Charles XI establishes absolute monarchy
• 1685-12-03 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1686-07-09 Germany, Sweden and Spain sign anti-French League of Augsburg

• 1699-11-22 Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark, Russia, Saksen and Poland divide Sweden
• 1700-02-12 The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe between Denmark–Norway, Saxony and Russia and the Swedish Empire.
• 1700-02-28 Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar
• 1700-08-08 Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
• 1700-08-18 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
• 1700-11-30 Battle at Narva: Swedish forces of King Charles XII defeat Russian army [NS]
• 1702-05-14 Great Northern War: Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• 1702-07-19 Great Northern War: Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Krakow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• 1703-05-01 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
• 1706-02-13 Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia and Saxon forces, one of Swedish's Greatest victories in the Great Northern War
• 1706-09-24 Treaty of Altranstädt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen; Augustus renounces his claims to the Polish throne and his alliance with Russia
• 1707-08-22 Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty
• 1708-07-04 Battle of Holowczyn: Swedish King Charles XII defeats superior Russian force in surprising vctory
• 1708-09-11 Great Northern War: Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the war
• 1708-10-09 Great Northern War: Battle at Lesnaya (N.S): Russian army captures Swedish convoy

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 715

• 1394-06-04 Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, born in Peterborough Castle, Cambridgeshire (d. 1430)

• 1488-03-19 Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• 1496-05-12 Gustav I of Sweden (1523-60), born in Rydboholm Castle, Sweden (d. 1560
• 1513-09-24 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, born in Ratzeburg, Germany (d. 1535)
• 1516-01-01 Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
• 1526-11-01 Catherine Jagellion, Polish princess and queen of Sweden as the wife of John III of Sweden, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1583)
• 1533-12-13 Erik XIV, King of Sweden (1560-69), born in Stockholm (d. 1577)
• 1535-07-22 Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
• 1537-12-20 John III, King of Sweden (1568-92), born in Östergötland, Sweden (d. 1592)
• 1550-10-04 Charles IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), born in Stockholm Castle, Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1550-11-06 Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1612)
• 1565-11-10 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, born in Söderköping, Sweden (d. 1646)

• 1573-04-13 Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Charles IX, born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1625)
• 1583-06-16 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), born in Fånö, Sweden (d. 1654)
• 1583-06-20 Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia), born in Reval (Tallinn), Swedish Estonia (d. 1652)
• 1585-02-12 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, born in Malmö, Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629)
• 1592-10-22 Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician, born in Örbyhus Castle, Uppland (d. 1657)
• 1594-12-09 Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), born in Castle Tre Kronor, Sweden (d. 1632)
• 1596-06-23 Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
• 1598-08-07 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar and poet often known as "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules), born in Vika, Sweden (d. 1672)
• 1602-02-18 Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
• 1613-12-23 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
• 1620-02-04 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)
• 1622-05-08 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1698)
• 1622-11-08 Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60), born in Nyköping Castle, Sweden (d. 1660)
• 1626-12-08 Christina, Queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic (1644-54), born in Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm (d. 1689)
• 1627-09-06 Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, born in Paris, France (d. 1706)
• 1630-12-12 Olof Rudbeck, Swedish scientist, writer and composer, born in Västerås (d. 1702)
• 1634-10-23 Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden by marriage to Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1654-60) (d. 1715)
• 1635-02-18 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
• 1638-10-18 Lasse Lucidor [Lars Johnstown], Swedish poet, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1674)
• 1655-11-24 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), born in Tre Kronor, Sweden (d. 1697)
• 1661-12-18 Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
• 1664-01-04 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
• 1664-04-06 Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
• 1665-03-04 Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle), born in Stade, (d. 1694)
• 1668-04-14 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
• 1676-04-17 Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1751)
• 1679-06-01 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), born in Larvs parish, Sweden (d. 1713)
• 1681-06-26 Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, born in Three Crowns Castle, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1708)

• 1685-01-07 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
• 1688-01-23 Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
• 1688-01-29 Emmanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher, mathematician and mythic (Angelic Wisdom), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1772)
• 1689-04-15 Ferdinand Zellbell the elder, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1765)
• 1694-06-26 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, born in Riddarhyttan, Sweden (d. 1768)
• 1694-10-26 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1758)
• 1695-09-05 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1770)
• 1701-03-18 Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)

• 1705-02-22 Peter Arctedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), born in Anundsjö, Sweden (d. 1735)

• 1709-07-11 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, born in Stora Mellösa, Närke (d. 1785)
• 1710-05-14 Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751-70), born in Gottorp, Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1771)
• 1716-03-06 Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
• 1717-09-22 Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
• 1719-09-03 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
• 1720-01-30 Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist & entomologist, born in Finspång, Sweden (d. 1778)
• 1720-07-24 Louise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden and wife of Adolf Frederik, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1782)
• 1720-08-08 Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
• 1722-01-03 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
• 1722-12-23 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten, born in Turinge, Sweden (d. 1765)
• 1732-09-06 Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist, born in Wismar, Germany (d. 1796)
• 1735-03-20 Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
• 1740-09-07 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1814)
• 1742-12-09 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish pharmacist and chemist (lemon acid), born in Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1786)
• 1743-07-03 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, born in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1813)
• 1743-11-11 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist, born in Jönköping, Sweden (d. 1828)

• 1746-03-05 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain (My Son on the Galley), born in Viby, Sweden (d. 1778)
• 1748-03-05 Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
• 1748-10-07 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18) and King of Norway (1814-18), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1818)
• 1750-09-02 Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, born in Kalmar, Sweden (d. 1842)
• 1752-09-08 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1813)
• 1755-09-04 Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1810)
• 1757-03-16 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1793)
• 1757-10-10 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens), born in Gävle, Sweden (d. 1819)
• 1758-04-29 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero, born in Stora Torpa, Västergötland, Sweden (d. 1820)
• 1759-03-22 Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
• 1763-01-26 Charles XIV [Jean Bernadotte], King of Sweden & Norway (1818-44), Marshall of France, born in Pau, France (d. 1844)
• 1768-01-28 Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-39) and Norway (1808-1814), born in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1839)
• 1774-02-11 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
• 1777-11-08 Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (1818-44), born in Marseille, France (d. 1860)

• 1779-02-22 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island (d. 1813)
• 1779-08-20 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, born in Linköping, Sweden (d. 1848)
• 1781-03-12 Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
• 1782-11-13 Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (Frithjof's Saga), born in Kyrkerud, Sweden (d. 1846)
• 1783-01-12 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian and poet (Natthimmelen), born in Geijersgården, Sweden (d. 1847)
• 1785-01-23 Carl Adolph Agardh, Swedish botanist & bishop of Karlstad, born in Båstad, Sweden (d. 1859)
• 1785-10-08 Arvid August Afzelius, Swedish poet and historian, born in Fjällåkra, Sweden (d. 1871)
• 1788-01-08 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Royal Swedish Academy of Music), born on Föllingsö, Östergötland (d. 1870)
• 1788-04-12 Johan Erik Nordblom, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1848)
• 1789-09-03 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
• 1790-01-19 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), born in Åsbo, Sweden (d. 1855)
• 1792-01-12 Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
• 1793-11-28 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1866)
• 1794-08-15 Elias M. Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum), born in Femsjö, Sweden (d. 1878)

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• 1850-06-19 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
• 1857-06-06 Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway
• 1905-06-15 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
• 1926-11-10 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
• 1935-05-24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

• 1976-06-19 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Renate Sommerlath in Stockholm Cathedral, 1st Swedish reigning monarch to marry since 1797

• 1996-08-24 Swedish actress-model Vendela (30) weds Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen (30) in Stockholm, Sweden; divorce in 2007

• 2005-08-05 Bavaria's Prince Leopold's son Prince Manuel von Bayern (31) weds Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand's daughter Princess Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in Sweden
• 2010-06-19 Crown Princess Victoria heir apparent of HM Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, weds Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral
• 2013-06-08 Princess Madeleine of Sweden (30) weds banker Christopher O'Neill at The Royal Palace Church in Stockholm, Sweden
• 2015-06-13 Swedish Prince Carl Philip (36) weds former model Sofia Hellqvist at Slottskyrkan Royal Chapel in Stockholm

Deaths 1 - 100 of 346

• 1160-05-18 Erik IX Helgi, King of Sweden, dies at ~40
• 1250-02-02 Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
• 1266-10-21 Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)
• 1290-12-18 King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
• 1341-06-19 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
• 1373-07-23 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies
• 1374-12-01 Magnus IV [Magnus Eriksson], king of Norway and Sweden (outlawed slavery), drowns at 58
• 1381-03-24 Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint
• 1436-05-04 Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
• 1448-01-05 Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark (1440-48), Norway (1441-48) and Sweden (1442-48), dies suddenly at 31
• 1470-05-14 Charles VIII of Sweden, King of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65 and 1467-70) and Norway (1449–50), dies at 60
• 1481-05-21 Christian I, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies at 55
• 1512-01-02 Svante, Regent of Sweden, dies at ~52
• 1520-02-03 Sten Sture the Younger, Swedish nobleman and Regent of Sweden (1512-20), dies at about 26
• 1535-09-23 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, dies at 21
• 1544-03-22 Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
• 1551-08-26 Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
• 1552-04-14 Laurentius Andreae [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
• 1557-08-01 Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
• 1560-09-29 Gustav I, King of Sweden (1523-60) who abolished Sweden's elective monarchy, dies at 64
• 1573-10-27 Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
• 1577-02-26 Erik XIV, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies of arsenic poisoning at 43
• 1592-11-17 John III, King of Sweden (1568-92), dies at 54
• 1609-03-25 Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
• 1621-12-13 Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
• 1628-08-10 Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned

• 1632-11-06 Gustavus II Adolphus, King who made Sweden a major power (1611-32), dies at battle of Lützen at 37
• 1641-05-10 Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
• 1646-11-29 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, dies at 81
• 1651-04-07 Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
• 1652-06-19 Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64
• 1652-08-22 Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia), dies at 69
• 1654-08-28 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), dies at 71
• 1657-05-10 Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician, dies at 65
• 1657-09-07 Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
• 1660-02-13 Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
• 1667-05-25 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
• 1672-04-22 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar & poet often known as "Father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules), dies at 73
• 1674-08-13 Lasse Lucidor [Lars Johnstown], Swedish poet, dies in a tavern brawl at 35
• 1676-06-01 Creutz, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
• 1676-06-01 Uggla, Swedish admiral (Öland), dies in battle
• 1676-07-05 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
• 1679-07-08 Samuel Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies (b. 1642)
• 1680-06-10 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
• 1680-09-02 Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
• 1689-04-19 Christina, Queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic (1644-54), dies at 62
• 1697-04-05 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies of cancer at 41
• 1698-03-14 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, dies at 75
• 1702-09-17 Olof Rudbeck, Swedish scientist, writer and composer, dies at 71
• 1703-03-20 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
• 1706-09-20 Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
• 1713-06-01 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34

• 1735-09-27 Peter Artedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), accidentally falls into a canal and drowns at 30
• 1741-04-28 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general & statesman, dies at 73
• 1741-11-24 Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
• 1742-04-17 Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
• 1742-05-21 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)

• 1751-03-25 Frederick of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
• 1751-08-30 Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
• 1752-02-09 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
• 1758-10-19 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
• 1758-11-20 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 64
• 1761-06-02 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
• 1765-07-06 Ferdinand Zellbell the elder, Swedish composer, dies at 76
• 1765-08-19 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten, dies at 42
• 1768-04-29 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist, dies at 73
• 1770-01-07 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, dies at 74
• 1771-02-12 Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
• 1772-03-29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher, mathematician and mythic (The New Church), dies at 84
• 1776-03-10 Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)

• 1778-03-07 Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist, dies at 58
• 1778-08-28 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain (My Son on the Galley), dies at 32
• 1780-04-21 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, dies at 60
• 1782-07-16 Louise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden and wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61
• 1783-12-13 Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
• 1784-07-08 Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
• 1785-10-30 Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54
• 1785-11-16 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, dies at 76
• 1786-05-21 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish pharmacist and chemist (lemon acid), dies of mercury poisoning at 43
• 1789-05-25 Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)

• 1793-01-04 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen), dies at 35
• 1793-03-02 Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
• 1796-04-18 Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist, dies at 63
• 1796-05-29 Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
• 1805-12-23 Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
• 1810-06-20 Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, dies at 54
• 1813-08-01 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
• 1813-08-21 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, dies at 67
• 1814-02-26 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, dies at 73
• 1818-02-05 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18) and King of Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
• 1819-09-14 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens), dies at 61
• 1820-02-16 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero, dies at 61
• 1828-08-08 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist, dies at 84

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