1644 in Sweden
# 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.

## 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)
