Events from the year 1540 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I
Events
4 January - Prince Erik is officially greeted as heir to the throne by nobility and bishops in Örebro. January - The reformers Olaus Petri and Laurentius Andreae are sentenced to treason but pardoned. - The first Evangelic mass is held in Vadstena Abbey. - Georg Norman inspects the churches in Västergötland and Östergötland, confiscates superfluous church valuables and registers dissident priests.
Births
November - Princess Cecilia of Sweden, princess (died 1627) - Abraham Angermannus, archbishop (died 1607)
Deaths
Gustav Vasa
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