1644 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1644 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• 9 January - Battle of Kolding (1644)
• Swedish occupation of Jylland.
• Swedish occupation of Landskrona and Helsingborg in Danish Scania.
• 16 May - Action of 16 May 1644
• 1 July - Battle of Colberger Heide
• 13 October - Battle of Fehmarn (1644)
• 23 November - Battle of Jüterbog
• Queen Christina is declared to be of legal majority and the regency government is dissolved.
• December 4 - Battle of Bysjön
  • A new sumptuary law bans the use of textiles, laces and ribbons of gold and silver for clothing,^[1] as well as engagement- and baptism parties: the law is not respected and is replaced in 1664.^[2]

Births

• 7 February - Nils Bielke, member of the High Council of Sweden, military and politician (died 1716)
• Märet Jonsdotter, alleged witch (died 1672)
• Beata Magdalena Wittenberg, courtier (died 1705)

Deaths

• 26 July - Clas Fleming (admiral), admiral and administrator involved in the development of a formal management structure for the Royal Swedish Navy under King Gustav II Adolf and Queen Christina (born 1592)
• 21 April - Torsten Stålhandske, Finnish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War (born 1593)

Notes and References

1. Julius Ejdenstam (Swedish): Från fikonlöv till jeans. [From fig leaves to jeans] Raben & Sjögren, Lund (1977)
2. Svenska folkets underbara öden / IV. Karl XI:s och Karl XII:s tid