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Years: | 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 |
Events from the year 1663 in Sweden
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Laurentius PetriNericius was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden. They are commemorated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on 19 April.
Cecilia Månsdotter Eka also called Cecilia of Eka, was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the spouse of Erik Johansson Vasa and mother of King Gustav I of Sweden.
Gustav Adolf Skytte af Duderhof was a Swedish nobleman. He became a pirate and plundered ships in the Baltic Sea in the years 1657 to 1662.
Clara Aurora Liljenroth, also incorrectly referred to as Charlotta Liljeroth, was a Swedish scholar. She was one of few contemporary women to have attended and graduated from the gymnasium (1788) before they were officially opened to women, and attracted attention because of her unique position.
Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, was a Swedish Baroque painter. She is known for her allegorical works paintings, portraits and group portraits.
Anna Maria Hilfeling, née Lange was a Swedish artist and portrait miniaturist.
Anna Åkerhielm or Åkerhjelm, née Anna Agriconia, was a Swedish writer, in languages including Latin, and traveller. She was the first woman in Sweden to have been ennobled for her own actions (1691).
Anna Gyllander was a Swedish imposter, who during the reign of King Charles X of Sweden, presented herself to be the abdicated queen Christina of Sweden.
Elsa Beata Bunge, née Wrede, was a Swedish botanist, writer and noble.
Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, known also as Dorothea von Holstein-Beck and Dorothea von Ziedewitz,, was a German princess of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach.
Vendela Skytte was a Swedish noblewoman, salonist and writer, poet and Lady of Letters. During her lifetime, she became an ideal and role model for a learned female scholar.
Johanna Eleonora Stenbock, was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman.
Fredrika Eleonora von Düben was a Swedish dilettante painter and embroidery artist
Countess Amalia "Emilie" Wilhelmina Lewenhaupt was a Swedish noblewoman of German descent who became known as a dilettante painter, actor, and poet.
Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Kleeburg of the House of Wittelsbach, Margravine of Baden-Durlach, was a Swedish princess, daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Princess Catherine of Sweden. Christina Magdalena belonged to Swedish royalty as a sister of King Charles X of Sweden, and grew up in Sweden.
Ebba Månsdotter Lilliehöök of Kolbäck, was a Swedish noble, landlord and county administrator, Countess of Raseborg, Baroness of Gräfsnäs and lady of Käggleholm.
Christina Anna Skytte was a Swedish baroness and pirate.
Ebba Maria De la Gardie (1657–1697) was a Swedish poet and singer.
Johanna Juliana Josefa Lohm née Pechlin von Löwenbach was a Swedish Baroness and educator. She was the founder and principal of a Girls' School in Stockholm which was active for about fifty years, until her death, and long counted as the most fashionable of its kind during the reign of Gustav III of Sweden.
Lucretia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm (1561–1585), was the illegitimate daughter of John III of Sweden and Karin Hansdotter. She was reportedly the favorite of her father.