Events from the year 1663 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI

Events

The Swedish Collegium medicum is founded to supervise the medical professions. The pirate Gustav Skytte is exposed, trialed and executed."Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor". Project Runeberg website (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-07-21. Colony of the Swedish Gold Coast seized by the Netherlands, and integrated into Dutch Gold Coast.

Births

16 April – Maria Elizabeth of Zweibrücken, princess (died 1748) 20 August – Amalia von Königsmarck, painter, actress and poet (died 1740) unknown – Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (died 1676)

Deaths

8 March – Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (born 1600) 21 April – Gustav Skytte, pirate (born 1637) 3 May – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor (born 1592)

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