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Events from the year 1551 in Sweden
| Years in Sweden: | 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 |
| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 |
Events from the year 1551 in Sweden
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John III was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomously, the Duke of Finland from 1556 to 1563. In 1581 he assumed the title Grand Prince of Finland. He attained the Swedish throne after a rebellion against his half-brother Eric XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap between the newly established Lutheran Church of Sweden and the Catholic Church, as well as his conflict with and murder of his brother.
Margaret Leijonhufvud or Margareta Eriksdotter 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.
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg was the first wife of Gustav I of Sweden and thus Queen of Sweden from 1531 until her death in 1535.
Catherine Stenbock was Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560 as the third and last wife of King Gustav I.
Ludwig Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, was the reigning Duke of Württemberg from 1793 until his death in 1795.
Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590) was a Swedish statesman.
Margareta Eriksdotter may refer to:
Axel Leijonhufvud was a Swedish economist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Leijonhufvud focused his studies on macroeconomic monetary theory. In his defining book On Keynesian Economics and the Economics of Keynes (1968) he focuses on a critique of the interpretation of Keynesian economic theory by Keynesian economists. He goes on to call the standard neoclassical synthesis interpretation of the Keynes' General Theory as having misunderstood and misinterpreted Keynes. In one of his papers, "Life Among the Econ" (1973), he takes a comical yet critical look at the inherent clannish nature of economists; the paper was considered a devastating takedown of economics and economists.
Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, known as Kung Märta, was a politically-active Swedish noblewoman. She was the sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and sister-in-law of King Gustav I of Sweden: she was also the maternal aunt of Queen Catherine Stenbock and the daughter-in-law of the regent Christina Gyllenstierna. In 1568, she financed the deposition of King Eric XIV of Sweden, which placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne.
Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the mother of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and the second cousin and mother-in-law of King Gustav Vasa.
Tidö Castle is a castle located 17 km south of Västerås in Västmanland, Sweden.
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.
Margaret of Sweden, also Martha, Margareta, Margaretha or Märta/Märtha, may refer to:
Ebba Månsdotter Lilliehöök of Kolbäck, was a Swedish noble, landlord and county administrator, Countess of Raseborg, Baroness of Gräfsnäs and lady of Käggleholm.
Anna Karlsdotter (Vinstorpa) (died 1552), was a Swedish noble and landholder. By her daughter Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, she was the maternal grandmother of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and thereby great-grandmother of King John III of Sweden and King Charles IX of Sweden. She is remembered as one of several possible people later identified with the famous legend of Pintorpafrun.
Sigrid Svantesdotter Sture, was a Swedish noble, Governor (häradshövding) of Stranda Hundred from 1577 to 1613.
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Leijonhufvud is the name of a Swedish noble family, from which some of the family members were granted baronial title. The baronial branch was 1568 granted the status of counts, and changed their family name to Lewenhaupt. There are still living members of both the branch of the family belonging to the lower nobility and the baronial one.
Märta is a Swedish feminine given name. The name is often a diminutive of Margareta. Individuals bearing the name Märta include:
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