Events from the year 1657 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles X Gustav
Events
June 1 – Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658): King Frederick III of Denmark signs a manifesto de facto declaring war on Sweden. July - The Stockholms Banco is opened. July 8 - Battle of Walk August 17 - Battle of Dirschau
Births March 28 - Ebba Maria De la Gardie, poet and singer (died 1697) July 11 - Pehr Scheffer, baron and civil servant (died 1731) August 11 - Carl Du Rietz, nobleman and court squire (died 1708) November 10 - Göran Johan von Knorring, nobleman and military officer (died 1726) Benedictus Theodori Littorin, priest and classicist of Greek literature (died 1721)
Deaths
May 5 - Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud, officer (born 1577) May 10 - Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, politician (born 1592) September 7 - Arvid Wittenberg, count, field marshal and privy councillor (born 1606) December 5 - Johan Oxenstierna, politician (born 1611) Stormor i Dalom, vicars wife and local profile (born 1594)
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