1600 in Sweden

Events from the year 1600 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603
Centuries:	16th century · 17th century · 18th century
Decades:	1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s
Years:	1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603

Last farewell to Gustaf Axelsson Baner when he is beheaded in Linköping Square, painting by Fanny Brate.

Events

• 20 March - Linköping Bloodbath conducted against the Sigismund loyalists. ^[1]
• - The immigration of Walloons to Sweden begins.
• The War against Sigismund becomes the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11).

Births

• 4 March - Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (died 1663)

Deaths

January-March

• March 20 (Linköping Bloodbath)
  • Erik Sparre – the Chancellor of Sweden and a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Ture Nilsson Bielke – a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Gustaf Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer and father of Gustavus Adolphus' Field Marshal Johan Banér (b. 1547)
  • Sten Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Bengt Falck – a senator in the Riksens ständer

April-June

• May 18 - Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis, Swedish archbishop (b. 1550)

• May 19 - Gustaf Banér, privy Councillor (b. 1547)