1655 in Sweden

Events from the year 1655 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles X Gustav

Events

 * The King summon the 1655 Riksdag and introduces a Reduction (Sweden) of a quarter of all lands granted to the nobility from the crown since 1632.
 * Deluge (history)
 * 23 August - Battle of Sobota
 * 16 September - Battle of Żarnów
 * September 20 – September 30 - Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
 * 3 October - Battle of Wojnicz

Births

 * January - Cornelius Anckarstjerna, admiral (died 1714)
 * Charles XI of Sweden, monarch (died 1697)
 * David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)
 * David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)
 * David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)
 * David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)

Deaths

 * 28 March - Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, queen dowager (born 1595)
 * Anna Ovena Hoyer, writer (born 1584)
 * Christian Thum, actor and theater director (birth year unknown)