Events from the year 1638 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Christina
Events
March 5 – Thirty Years' War – The Treaty of Hamburg is signed by France and Sweden. March 29 – Settlers from Sweden arrive on the ships Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip to establish the settlement of New Sweden in Delaware, beginning the Swedish colonization of the Americas. September 6 – Posti Group is founded.
Births
21 January – Beata Rosenhane, feminist poet (died 1674) Lucidor, poet (died 1674)
Deaths
David Drummond (soldier), Swedish general (born 1593) 26 April – Margareta Brahe, courtier (born 1559)
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