1626 in Sweden

Christina, Queen of Sweden

Events from the year 1626 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf

Events

• 7 January – Swedish victory in the Battle of Wallhof
• May 1626 – Sweden invades Polish Prussia
• September-October – Swedish victory in the Battle of Gniew
• The visions of Margareta i Kumla attracts pilgrimages from all the nation.

Births

• 19 April – Christina, Queen of Sweden, monarch (died 1689)
• 17 May – Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, princess (died 1692)
• 17 June – Johan Baazius the younger, archbishop (died 1681)
• Brita Rosladin, noblewoman (died 1675)

Deaths

• 29 January – Ture Axelsson, Lord of Traneberg (born 1604)
• 31 October – Jonas Sigfridi Helsingius, priest and politician (born 1552)
• 1 November – Johannes Banck, priest (born 1571)
• Sven Eketrä, nobleman and governor (born c. 1562)
• Olaus Johannis Gestricius, priest (born 1558)
• Magnus Johannis, vicar (born 1578)
• Petrus Joannis Kerfstadius, priest and politician (born c. 1540)
• Sten Stenbock, baron and military officer (born c. 1548–1600)