1534 in Sweden

Events from the year 1534 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537
Centuries:	15th century · 16th century · 17th century
Decades:	1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s
Years:	1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav I

Events

• 2 February – Sweden joins the Count's Feud to support the Danish throne claimant Christian against the Lübeck -supported Christian II.
• - The King's brother-in-law John VII of Hoya, vassal of Viborg, joins the enemy Lübeck in the ongoing Counts Feud.
• - The Pagan holy well at Sånga is destroyed on the order of Laurentius Petri.
• 31 October – Halmstad is taken by the Swedish army.
• - The monarch conquers Viborg in the province of Finland from his brother-in-law John of Hoya, who supported Lübeck, and thereby crushes the Hanseatic influence in Finland. John of Hoya flees to Estonia.
• - The Thaler is introduced in Sweden.
• Dissolution of Riseberga Abbey: the former nuns move to Germany.