1560 in Sweden

Events from the year 1560 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563
Centuries:	15th century · 16th century · 17th century
Decades:	1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years:	1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563

Stockholm, 1555–1565

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav Vasa then Eric XIV

Events

• April - Duke John returns home from England with a negative reply to the proposal of Crown Prince Eric to Elizabeth I of England.
• 1 July - The dying king makes his formal farewell to the public.
• June 12 — Gustav Vasa, by his decree, resettled several hundred residents of the city of Borgo (in Finnish — Porvoo) at the mouth of the Vantaa River flowing into the Gulf of Finland, ordering the construction of a commercial port. The river with the local name Helsing had several rapids — in Swedish "force", which gave the name of the settlement — Helsingfors.
• 29 September - Gustav Vasa dies and is succeeded by Eric XIV.
• - Arch Bishop Laurentius Petri bans priests from baptizing or burying romani.

Births

• - Lucretia Gyllenhielm, illegitimate royal daughter (died 1585)
• 13–14 June - Constantia Eriksdotter, illegitimate royal daughter (died 1649)
• - Amalia von Hatzfeld, county governor (died 1628)

Deaths

• 29 September - Gustav I, monarch (born 1496). After having suffered from declining health throughout the 1550s, Gustav ultimately died on September 29, 1560, at Tre Kronor castle, Stockholm. Gustav is renowned as the founder of modern Sweden.