This article is about events from the year 1557 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I
Events 2 April - Treaty of Novgorod (1557) - The Duchy of Prince John is expanded. 7 September - Duke Magnus is granted a Duchy. - Crown Prince Eric is granted Kalmar as a fief and is installed there as governor. - Gustav Vasa writes his testimony. The son Magnus receives parts of Götalandskapen, Närke, Småland and all of Dalsland as a hereditary duchy.
Births
Date unknown - Olaus Martini, archbishop (died 1609)
Deaths
1 August - Olaus Magnus, writer and ecclesiastic (born 1490) 1 April - Mikael Agricola, Protestant reformer of Finland (born 1510)
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