1598 in Sweden
# 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)
