1628_in_Sweden
1628 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1628
Events from the year 1628 in Sweden
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| Years in Sweden: | 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 |
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- August 4 – Thirty Years' War: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, Stralsund is able to resist Wallenstein's siege until the landing of a Danish army, led by Christian IV of Denmark, forces Wallenstein to raise the siege and move his army to confront the new threat.
- August 10 – The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in the Stockholm harbor.
- Foundation of the Lantmäteriet.
- The Livrustkammaren is founded.
- The King bans all pilgrimages to the visionary Margareta i Kumla.[1]
- Christian Thum appointed director of the royal court theater.[2]
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- David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (died 1698)
- Märta Allertz, royal lover (died after 1677)
- Gustaf Düben, organist and composer (died 1690)
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- Amalia von Hatzfeld, countess, governor of Raseborg (born 1560)
- Göte Göransson: Gustav II Adolf och hans folk (Gustav II Adolf and his people) Stockholm (1994) ISBN 91-7119-128-3.
- Dahlberg, Gunilla (1992). Komediantteatern i 1600-talets Stockholm. Stockholm: Komm. för Stockholmsforskning. ISBN 91-7031-038-6
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