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1540 in Sweden
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in Sweden
Events from the year 1540 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Monarch – Gustav Ihttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-I-Vasa Gustav I Vasa Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026
Events
July 2015
4 January - Prince Erik is officially greeted as heir to the throne by nobility and bishops in Örebro.
January - The reformers Olaus Petri and Laurentius Andreae are sentenced to treason but pardoned.
- The first Evangelic mass is held in Vadstena Abbey.
- Georg Norman inspects the churches in Västergötland and Östergötland, confiscates superfluous church valuables and registers dissident priests.
Births
July 2015
November - Princess Cecilia of Sweden, princess (died 1627)
- Abraham Angermannus, archbishop (died 1607)
Deaths
July 2015
Gustav Vasa
References
External links
1540
Category:1540 in Europe
Category:1540s in Sweden
Category:Years of the 16th century in Sweden
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