1544_in_Sweden
1544 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1544
Events from the year 1544 in Sweden
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| Years in Sweden: | 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 |
| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 |
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- - The Västerås arvförening declare Sweden to be a Hereditary monarchy, with the right of the eldest legitimate son to be heir to the throne and the younger sons to be Dukes. It is also officially declared a Protestant Kingdom: Requiem, the worship of saints and pilgrimages is banned, crucifixes is removed from the churches, and the opposition to the new religious order is declared heretics.
- - Olaus Magnus is appointed Catholic Arch Bishop of Sweden by the pope in his exile in Rome.
- The former nuns of the Skänninge Abbey are forcibly moved to Vreta Abbey.
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- - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic archbishop (born 1488)
