1603 in Sweden

Events from the year 1603 in Sweden

Events

 * Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611): At Wesenberg (Rakvere), Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeated a Swedish reinforcement force under Arvid Stålarm the Younger sent to relieve the Swedish troops in Dorpat. The town later surrendered on April.
 * - Sweden is struck by the Bubonic plague.
 * - Sweden is struck by the Bubonic plague.

Births

 * 28 June - Margareta Brahe, controversial countess and courtier (died 1669)
 * 17 August - Lennart Torstensson, Field Marshal and military engineer (died 1651)