Events from the year 1612 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf

Events

6 January – Axel Oxenstierna becomes the Lord High Chancellor of the Privy Council. 10–11 February – Battle of Vittsjö. 21 February – Battle of Kölleryd. 26 February – , 300 Norwegian soldiers are massacred inside a church in Nya Lödöse.

Births

Approximate date – Per Stålhammar, officer (died 1701)

Deaths

13 September – Karin Månsdotter, royal mistress and queen (born 1550)

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