Events from the year 1606 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- March - The Riksdag of the Estates is summoned to Örebro. The main topic is the claim to the Swedish throne from the Polish monarch Sigismund III Vasa and the Counter-Reformation which his accession is feared to signify.
- - Foundation of the city of Vaasa in Finland.
- - Prince John is appointed Duke of Östergötland.[1]
Births
- - Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius, professor and bishop (born 1674)
- - Arvid Wittenberg, count, field marshal and privy councillor (died 1657)
Deaths
References
- ^ Johan, hertig af Östergötland", Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906) I:550.