1608 in Sweden
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| Years in Sweden: | 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 |
Events from the year 1608 in Sweden
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- - Swedish conquest of Dünamünde, Kokenhusen and Fellin.
- - The King has the laws of the Kingdom, the Kristofers landslag from 1442, printed and published and thereby favors that before the conflicting Magnus Erikssons landslag from the 1350s: the law is also amended with the appendix of the Law of Moses, which makes them more severe than before.[1] This law is applied to the country while the Stadslagen is confirmed as the law of the cities, an order which was to be in place until 1736.
- - The Riksdag of Örebro discuss a peace offer from Poland, and the King attempt to unite Lutheranism and Calvinism.
Births[edit]
- 8 December - Vendela Skytte, poet and scholar (died 1629)
- - Arnold Johan Messenius, enfant terrible and historiographer (died 1651)
Deaths[edit]
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- - Sigrid Brahe, notorious countess (born 1568)
References[edit]
- ^ Granström, Görel, Kvinnorna och rätten: från stormaktstid till rösträttsstrid, Hallgren & Fallgren, Uppsala, 1996
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