Events from the year 1534 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I
Events
2 February – Sweden joins the Count's Feud to support the Danish throne claimant Christian against the Lübeck -supported Christian II. - The King's brother-in-law John VII of Hoya, vassal of Viborg, joins the enemy Lübeck in the ongoing Counts Feud. - The Pagan holy well at Sånga is destroyed on the order of Laurentius Petri. 31 October – Halmstad is taken by the Swedish army. - The monarch conquers Viborg in the province of Finland from his brother-in-law John of Hoya, who supported Lübeck, and thereby crushes the Hanseatic influence in Finland. John of Hoya flees to Estonia. - The Thaler is introduced in Sweden. Dissolution of Riseberga Abbey: the former nuns move to Germany.
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