1627 in Sweden

Stora Bollhuset ('The Big Ball House')

Events from the year 1627 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf

Events

• 12–17 April – Battle of Czarne
• August – Battle of Dirschau

• The Bollhuset ('The Big Ball House') is constructed in the capital of Stockholm for the royal court.
• The parish of Iisalmi is formed around Gustav Adolf Church.
• Katedralskolan ('The Cathedral School') is founded in Linköping.

Births

• 7 January – Gustaf Gyllencartau, artillery captain (died 1688)
• 10 March – Catharina Wallenstedt, letter writer (died 1719)
• 27 June – Claes Anckarström, mining engineer (died 1702)
• 6 July – Jonas Österling, noble chamberlain (died 1691)
• 14 August – Abraham Leijonhufvud, baron, civil servant, and lord (died 1676)
• 27 September – Martin Brunnerus, theologian (died 1679)
• 16 October – Petrus Simonius Löfgren, priest and academic (died 1691)
• 9 November – Lars Franc, councillor and politician (died 1678)
• 27 November – Otto Reinhold Taube of Karlö, governor and colonel (died 1689)
• 22 December – Klas Örnhiälm, historian (died 1695)
• Jonas Austrelius, priest (died 1692)
• Olaus Andreae Bergius, priest (died 1692)
• Erik Breedh, lieutenant and knight (died 1707)
• Isak Enefelt, knighted assessor (died 1678)
• Maria Sofia De la Gardie, courtier, banker, and industrialist entrepreneur (died 1694)
• Elin Håkansson, healer accused of witchcraft (died 1702)
• Thomas Walgensten, inventor of the magic lantern (died 1681)

Deaths

• 26 February – Nils Posse, civil servant (born 1558)
• 1 April – Lindorm Ribbing, land owner and governor (born 1569)
• 13 April – Agnes of Holstein-Gottorp, German Princess (born 1578)
• 29 May – Johannes Simonius, philosopher and academic (born 1565)
• 22 August – Bengt Åkesson Soop, chamberlain (born c. 1587)
• 7 October – Hans Hansson Dober, surgeon and politician (born 1564)
• Henrik Hybertsson, shipbuilder
• Sveno Laurentii, priest (born c. 1540)
• Haquinus Laurentii Rhezelius, priest and publisher
• Jakob Jakobsson Snakenborg, military officer and civil servant (born c. 1540)
• Torstanus Sunonis Spinke, vicar
• Thure Spahandelin, chief equerry to Gustavus Adolphus (born c. 1550)
• Wollmar Yxkull, court marshal (born c. 1579)