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Events from the year 1550 in Sweden
| Years in Sweden: | 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 |
| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 |
Events from the year 1550 in Sweden
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Year 1533 (MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Gustav rose to lead the Swedish War of Liberation following the Stockholm Bloodbath, where his father was executed. Gustav's election as king on 6 June 1523 and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later marked Sweden's final secession from the Kalmar Union.
Charles IX, also Carl, reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I and of his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both of Sweden and of Poland. By his father's will Charles received, by way of appanage, the Duchy of Södermanland, which included the provinces of Närke and Värmland; but he did not come into actual possession of them till after the fall of Eric and the succession to the throne of John in 1569.
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta, was a mystic and a saint, and she was also the founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia and she was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena.
Margaret Leijonhufvud was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I. She played a political role as the advisor of, and the intermediary to, her spouse the King.
Charles VIII, contemporaneously known as Charles II and called Charles I in Norwegian context, was king of Sweden and king of Norway (1449–1450).
John of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland was a Swedish royal dynast. He was titular Duke of Finland 1590–1606 and reigning Duke of Östergötland 1606–18.
Events from the year 1606 in art.
Events from the year 1550 in art.
Geske, also known as Horgeske was the central figure of a witch trial in Stockholm. Her trial belonged to the first of the witch trials in Sweden in which the Sabbath of Satan in Blockula, the Devils pact and the Devil's mark were mentioned.
Lasses Birgitta was an alleged Swedish witch. She was the first woman executed for sorcery in Sweden.
The Mora witch trial, which took place in Mora, Sweden, in 1669, is the most internationally famous Swedish witch trial. Reports of the trial spread throughout Europe, and a provocative German illustration of the execution is considered to have had some influence on the Salem witch trials. It was the first mass execution during the great Swedish witch hunt of 1668–1676.
Brigitta Lars Anderssons or Birgitta Lass Andersson, also called Brigitta Andersdotter, was a Swedish Cunning woman and courtier. She was the nurse of the royal children of King Gustav I of Sweden and queen Margaret Leijonhufvud, and also a personal favorite and de facto physician of the queen.
Events from the 1550s in Denmark.
Events from the year 1568 in Sweden
Events from the year 1676 in Sweden
Events from the year 1580 in Sweden
Events from the year 1683 in Sweden
Events from the year 1611 in Sweden
Sweden was a country with few witch trials compared to other countries in Europe. In Sweden, about four hundred people were executed for witchcraft prior to the last case in 1704. Most of these cases occurred during a short but intense period; the eight years between 1668 and 1676, when the witch hysteria called det stora oväsendet took place, causing a large number of witch trials in the country. It is this infamous period of intensive witch hunt that is most well known and explored and given attention.
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