1566 in Sweden
# 1566 in Sweden

Events from the year 1566 in Sweden

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Eric XIV

## Events

* 26 March - 250 Swedes die in an attempt to capture Bohus Fortress.
* June - Nils Svantesson Sture falls from favor with the monarch and are exposed to public humiliation.
* 13 July – The Danes burn Bogesund.
* 15 July – The Danes burn Falköping.
* 23 July – The Danes burn Skara domkyrka.
* 26 July - Action of 26 July 1566
* - Ivan the Terrible ask to have the King's sister-in-law Catherine Jagiellon delivered as a hostage to use against Poland.
* - The Danes under Daniel Rantzau pillage Västergötland, while the Swedes pillage Skåne.

## Births

* 20 June - Sigismund III Vasa, monarch (died 1632)
* 15 October - Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633), princess (died 1633)

## Deaths

* September 9 - Klas Horn, naval admiral (born 1517)
