Events from the year 1612 in

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Incumbents

Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

– Gustaf II Adolf

Events

* 6 January -

Axel Oxenstierna Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (; 1583–1654) was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of ...

becomes the Lord High Chancellor of the Privy Council. * 11 February -

Battle of Vittsjö The Battle of Vittsjö was a battle between Swedish force under the supervision of Gustavus Adolphus and Denmark-Norway, Dano-Norwegian force under Breide Rantzau that took place in 1612; it was more a case of the Swedes fleeing the Danes th ...

. * 26 February - , 300 Norwegian soldiers are massacred inside a church in Nya Lödöse. * -

Battle of Kölleryd The Battle of Kölleryd (; ) took place at :sv:Skällinge_socken, Skällinge parish on 21 February 1612 during the Kalmar War. The Swedes were commanded by John, Duke of Östergötland, John of Östergötland and Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby, J ...

. *

Births

* - Per Stålhammar, officer (died

1701 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * march 8th – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calenda ...

) * * *

Deaths

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Karin Månsdotter Karin Månsdotter (in English Catherine; 6 November 1550 – 13 September 1612) was first the Mistress (lover), mistress and then the queen consort of King Erik XIV of Sweden. Early life Karin was born in Stockholm to a soldier and later pri ...

, royal mistress and queen (born 1550) * * *

References

Years of the 17th century in Sweden

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