1612 in Sweden

Events from the year 1612 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf

Events

• 6 January – Axel Oxenstierna becomes the Lord High Chancellor of the Privy Council. ^[1]
• 10–11 February – Battle of Vittsjö. ^[2]
• 21 February – Battle of Kölleryd. ^[3]
• 26 February – Massacre in Nya Lödöse  [ no ], 300 Norwegian soldiers are massacred inside a church in Nya Lödöse. ^[4]

Births

Per Stålhammar in 1692

• Approximate date – Per Stålhammar, officer (died 1701) ^[5]

Deaths

Karin Månsdotter

• 13 September – Karin Månsdotter, royal mistress and queen (born 1550) ^[6]

References

1. "Oxenstierna Family Website – Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre". oxenstierna.org (in Swedish and English). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
2. "The Battle of Vittsjö 1612". Vittsjo Bjarnum (in Swedish). 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
3. von Moller, P. (1874). Bidrag till Hallands Historia. pt. 1 (in Swedish). p. 277.
4. "En massgrav och en massaker – våld i Nya Lödöse". Nya Lödöse Staden Under Gamlestaden (in Swedish). 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
5. Lars Ericson Wolke (2013). Svenska knektar Indelta soldater, ryttare och båtsmän i krig och fred (in Swedish). Historiska Media. p. 1691. ISBN   9789187031960.
6. Harrison Lindbergh, Katarina (8 March 2018). "Karin Månsdotter, drottning". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon.