• Source: 1567 in Sweden

      • Events from the year 1567 in Sweden


      Incumbents


      Monarch – Eric XIV


      Events


      3 February - Polish victory at the Battle of Runafer in Estonia.
      24 May - The King endures a fit of insanity during which he commits the Sture Murders.
      May - Swedish invasion of Norway.
      13 July - The King unofficially marries Karin Månsdotter.
      October - The regency council, which rules during the illness of the King, releases Prince John.
      October - The Danish army under Daniel Rantzau invades Sweden through Halland, Västergötland and Östergötland, during which he pillages Jönköping, Vadstena and Alvastra and settles in Skänninge.
      20 November - Linköping is burnt when the Swedish army pursues the Danes out of Sweden.
      December - Söderköping is burnt.
      3 December - Norrköping is burnt.
      28 December - The King's secret marriage to Karin Månsdotter is revealed.


      Births



      24 February – Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Swedish general (d. 1640)


      Deaths


      24 May - Svante Stensson Sture, statesman (died 1517)
      24 May - Nils Svantesson Sture, statesman (died 1543)


      References

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