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.

Deaths

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