1608 in Sweden

none in Sweden Events from the year 1608 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Charles IX Events - Swedish conquest of Dünamünde, Kokenhusen and Fellin. - The King has the laws of the Kingdom, the Kristofers landslag from 1442, printed and published and thereby favors that before the conflicting Magnus Erikssons landslag from the 1350s: the law is also amended with the appendix of the Law of Moses, which makes them more severe than before.Granström, Görel, Kvinnorna och rätten: från stormaktstid till rösträttsstrid, Hallgren & Fallgren, Uppsala, 1996 This law is applied to the country while the Stadslagen is confirmed as the law of the cities, an order which was to be in place until 1736. - The Riksdag of Örebro discuss a peace offer from Poland, and the King attempt to unite Lutheranism and Calvinism. Births 8 December - Vendela Skytte, poet and scholar (died 1629) - Arnold Johan Messenius, enfant terrible and historiographer (died 1651) Deaths July 2015 - Sigrid Brahe, notorious countess (born 1568) References 1608 Category:Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden