1598 in Sweden

Events from the year 1598 in Sweden.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Sigismund

Events

 * 16 January - The Rurik Dynasty collapses when Feodor I of Russia dies.
 * May - Sigismund III return to Avaskär, Sweden, and his uncle and regent Duke Charles resist him resulting in the War against Sigismund.
 * 18 September - The Battle of Stegeborg results in victory for the Polish-Swedish unionists.
 * 25 September - The Battle of Stångebro results in victory for the Swedish rebels under Duke Charles and the end of the union.

Births

 * - Georg Stiernhielm, linguist
 * - Lars Stigzelius, archbishop
 * - Sten Svantesson Bielke, soldier and politician
 * - Åke Henriksson Tott, soldier and politician

Deaths

 * 10 February - Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, queen consort  (born 1578)
 * 4 August - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesmen.
 * 7 August - Georg Stiernhielm, linguist and mathematician (died 1672)