1567 in Sweden
# 1567 in Sweden

Events from the year 1567 in Sweden

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Eric XIV

## Events

* 3 February - Polish victory at the Battle of Runafer in Estonia.
* 24 May - The King endures a fit of insanity during which he commits the Sture Murders.
* May - Swedish invasion of Norway.
* 13 July - The King unofficially marries Karin Månsdotter.
* October - The regency council, which rules during the illness of the King, releases Prince John.
* October - The Danish army under Daniel Rantzau invades Sweden through Halland, Västergötland and Östergötland, during which he pillages Jönköping, Vadstena and Alvastra and settles in Skänninge.
* 20 November - Linköping is burnt when the Swedish army pursues the Danes out of Sweden.
* December - Söderköping is burnt.
* 3 December - Norrköping is burnt.
* 28 December - The King's secret marriage to Karin Månsdotter is revealed.

## Deaths

* 24 May - Svante Stensson Sture, statesman (died 1517)
* 24 May - Nils Svantesson Sture, statesman (died 1543)
