1644 in Sweden

Events from the year 1644 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christina

Events

 * 9 January - Battle of Kolding (1644)
 * Swedish occupation of Jylland.
 * Swedish occupation of Landskrona and Helsingborg in Danish Scania.
 * 16 May - Action of 16 May 1644
 * 1 July - Battle of Colberger Heide
 * 13 October - Battle of Fehmarn (1644)
 * 23 November - Battle of Jüterbog
 * Queen Christina is declared to be of legal majority and the regency government is dissolved.
 * December 4 - Battle of Bysjön
 * A new sumptuary law bans the use of textiles, laces and ribbons of gold and silver for clothing, as well as engagement- and baptism parties: the law is not respected and is replaced in 1664.
 * A new sumptuary law bans the use of textiles, laces and ribbons of gold and silver for clothing, as well as engagement- and baptism parties: the law is not respected and is replaced in 1664.

Births

 * 7 February - Nils Bielke, member of the High Council of Sweden, military and politician (died 1716)
 * Märet Jonsdotter, alleged witch (died 1672)
 * Beata Magdalena Wittenberg, courtier (died 1705)

Deaths

 * 26 July - Clas Fleming (admiral), admiral and administrator involved in the development of a formal management structure for the Royal Swedish Navy under King Gustav II Adolf and Queen Christina (born 1592)
 * 21 April - Torsten Stålhandske, Finnish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War (born 1593)