1564 in Sweden

Events from the year 1564 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Eric XIV

Events

 * February - Sweden pillage the Norwegian provinces of Jämtland, Härjedalen and Trondheim.
 * 19 February - Armistice between Sweden and Denmark-Norway in Swedish Estonia.
 * 30–31 May - First battle of Öland (1564)
 * 14 August – Swedish siege of Lyckå in Blekinge.
 * 14 August - Action of 14 August 1564
 * 24 August - Lyckå taken by the Swedes.
 * 4 September - Sweden takes Danish Ronneby and massacres its inhabitants dubbed the Ronneby Bloodbath.
 * June - Wedding between Princess Cecilia of Sweden and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.
 * 27 September – Lyckås and Avaskär are burned by the Swedes who then evacuate Blekinge.
 * 11–13 October – Danish attack on Kalmar repelled.
 * 21 November – Peace treaty between Sweden and Russia, to last for seven years.

Births

 * 25 September - Magnus Brahe (1564–1633), Lord High Constable and Lord High Steward of Sweden (died 1633)