1566 in Sweden

Events from the year 1566 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Eric XIV

Events

 * 26 March - 250 Swedes die in an attempt to capture Bohus Fortress.
 * June - Nils Svantesson Sture falls from favor with the monarch and are exposed to public humiliation.
 * 13 July – The Danes burn Bogesund.
 * 15 July – The Danes burn Falköping.
 * 23 July – The Danes burn Skara domkyrka.
 * 26 July - Action of 26 July 1566
 * - Ivan the Terrible ask to have the King's sister-in-law Catherine Jagiellon delivered as a hostage to use against Poland.
 * - The Danes under Daniel Rantzau pillage Västergötland, while the Swedes pillage Skåne.
 * - Ivan the Terrible ask to have the King's sister-in-law Catherine Jagiellon delivered as a hostage to use against Poland.
 * - The Danes under Daniel Rantzau pillage Västergötland, while the Swedes pillage Skåne.

Births

 * 20 June - Sigismund III Vasa, monarch  (died 1632)
 * 15 October - Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633), princess  (died 1633)

Deaths

 * September 9 - Klas Horn, naval admiral  (born 1517)