Events from the year 1586 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – John III
Events
The (Örebro Church Meeting) is held as a protest to the pro-Catholic church policy of king John. The gathering is influnced by the Riksföreståndare and future king Charles IX of Sweden. The articles adopted during the meeting served as the charter for the church within Charles' duchy
Births
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, statesman and diplomat (died 1656)
Gothenburgs first female brewer (died 1671)
Deaths Margareta Birgersdotter Grip, genealogist and writer (born 1538)
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