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1557 in Sweden
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in Sweden
thumb|Mikael Agricola by Albert Edelfelt
This article is about events from the year 1557 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Gustav Ihttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-I-Vasa Gustav I Vasa Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026
Events
2 April - Treaty of Novgorod (1557)
- The Duchy of Prince John is expanded.
7 September - Duke Magnus is granted a Duchy.
- Crown Prince Eric is granted Kalmar as a fief and is installed there as governor.
- Gustav Vasa writes his testimony. The son Magnus receives parts of Götalandskapen, Närke, Småland and all of Dalsland as a hereditary duchy.
Births
July 2015
Date unknown - Olaus Martini, archbishop (died 1609)
Deaths
July 2015
1 August - Olaus Magnus, writer and ecclesiastic (born 1490)
1 April - Mikael Agricola, Protestant reformer of Finland (born 1510)
References
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