1588 in Sweden
Events from the year 1588 in Sweden
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]The Bubonic plague reaches Stockholm.[1]
Stockholm Castle receives the name "Tre Kronor" (Three Crowns) after three gilded crowns were placed on top of the central spire.[2]
Births
[edit]- 28 June - Per Gustafsson Banér, noblemen and member of the Privy Council of Sweden. (died.1644)[3]
- Unknown - Lars Eriksson Stormhatt, officer during The Ingrian War, ennobled 1646. (died. 1667)[4]
- 24 August - Laurentius Olai Wallius, Rector of Uppsala University, bishop and court chaplin for the Queen Dowager. (died. 1637)[5]
- 6 September - Johan von Ridderhusen, Swedish civil servant for the Royal Chancellery and the first secretary of the House of Nobility. (died. 1648)[6]
Deaths
[edit]Ebba Axelsdotter af Bielke - Swedish noblewomen who died in childbirth[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Broberg, J.V (1879). Om pesten i Stockholm 1710. Stockholm: P. A. NORSTEDT & SÖNER.
- ↑ redaktion, Stockholmskällans (2025-04-03). "Kungliga slottet i Stockholm". Stockholmskällan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "833-834 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 2. Armatoler - Bergsund)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 1904. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner.
- ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf. "660 (Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor / 8. Stålarm-Voltemat)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "Von Ridderhusen nr 376". Adelsvapen-Wiki (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "Gyllenstierna af Lundholm nr 3". Adelsvapen-Wiki (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-07-20.