1544 in Sweden

none August 2026 in Sweden thumb|Johannes Magnus Events from the year 1544 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I (1523 - 1560)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-I-Vasa Gustav I Vasa Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 Events July 2015 January 13 - The Västerås arvförening declare Sweden to be a Hereditary monarchy, with the right of the eldest legitimate son to be heir to the throne and the younger sons to be Dukes. It is also officially declared a Protestant Kingdom: Requiem, the worship of saints and pilgrimages is banned, crucifixes is removed from the churches, and the opposition to the new religious order is declared heretics. - Olaus Magnus is appointed Catholic Arch Bishop of Sweden by the pope in his exile in Rome. The former nuns of the Skänninge Abbey are forcibly moved to Vreta Abbey. Births July 2015 Deaths July 2015 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic archbishop (born 1488) References 1544 Category:1540s in Sweden Category:1544 in Europe Category:Years of the 16th century in Sweden Sweden