Events from the year 1678 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI

Events

18 January - Battle of Warksow Siege of Bohus Fortress. Medevi is founded. Swedish Pomerania is occupied by Brandenburg.

Notable births

Maria Faxell, war heroine (died 1738) Hans Hysing, swedish born portrait-painter in England (died 1752 or 1753)

Notable deaths

Jörgen Krabbe, Swedish nobleman and politician (b. 1633)

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