1597 in Sweden
# 1597 in Sweden

Events from the year 1597 in Sweden

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Sigismund

## Events

* February 24 - End of the Cudgel War.
* - Bad harvests again cause famine.
* - The Riksdag of Arboga confirm Duke Charles as regent, and the loyalists of the King flees to Poland.

## Deaths

* January 27 - Jacob Ilkka, rebel leader of the Cudgel war (born 1545)
* 13 April - Klaus Fleming, admiral and governor (born 1535)
* 19 July - Gunilla Bielke, queen (born 1568)
* 20 November - Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (born 1549)
* 11 November - Gustav of Saxe-Lauenburg, prince (born 1570)
