1573 in Sweden

Events from the year 1573 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – John III

Events

23 January - Battle of Lode - The deposed King Erik XIV is separated from his family: the former King is taken to Västerås Castle, Karin Månsdotter and their daughter to Åbo (Turku) Castle, and their son is taken from them.Arnell, Sture (1951), Karin Månsdotter (in Swedish), Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.

Births

Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1669)

Deaths

1 January - Hans Boije af Gennäs, commander 26 October - Laurentius Petri, the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born 1499)

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