1618 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1618 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf

Events

• - Foundation of the National Archives of Sweden.
• - Armistice between Sweden and Poland.
• - Reorganization of the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency.
• - The brothel of Sara Simonsdotter in Stockholm is exposed and leads to a scandal involving several prominent people.
• - Stadslagen is reprinted and confirmed as the law of the cities until 1734.^[1]
• The Polish - Swedish war ends^[2]
• Sweden Participates in the 30 years war, The deadliest war in Europe behind the first world war.^[3]

Births

Olaus Verelius is born (1618 - 1682)

Deaths

• - John, Duke of Östergötland, prince (born 1589)
• - Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden
• - Ebba Bielke

Notes and References

1. Nationalencyklopedin (NE)
2. The Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) was a phase of the longer Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629).
3. Before the First World War, it was known as the most destructive conflict in European history. https://the-past.com/feature/the-thirty-years-war-1618-1648/