1567 in Sweden
Simmler Catherine Jagiellon
Events from the year 1567 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 3 February - Polish victory at the Battle of Runafer in Estonia.
- 24 May - The King endures a fit of insanity during which he commits the Sture Murders.
- May - Swedish invasion of the Danish province of Norway.
- 13 July - The King unofficially marries Karin Månsdotter.
- October - The regency council, which rules during the illness of the King, releases Prince John.
- October - The Danish army under Daniel Rantzau invades Sweden through Halland, Västergötland and Östergötland, during which he pillages Jönköping, Vadstena and Alvastra and settles in Skänninge.
- 20 November - Linköping is burnt when the Swedish army pursues the Danes out of Sweden.
- December - Söderköping is burnt.
- 3 December - Norrköping is burnt.
- 28 December - The King's secret marriage to Karin Månsdotter is revealed.
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