1555 in Sweden
# 1555 in Sweden

Events from the year 1555 in Sweden

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Gustav I

## Events

* - Instruction that the people in the Swedish province of Finland are going to be trained in defense against the Russians.
* - A Description of the Northern Peoples by Olaus Magnus
* 11 March - The Russo-Swedish War (1554–57): the Russian Empire breaks its 1537 treaty with Sweden by attacking Sweden, which results in the Russian defeat at the Battle of Kivinebb.
* 30 may - Introduction of the Internal passport.

## Births

* - Axel Kurck, colonel (died 1630)
* - Petrus Kenicius, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1636)
