Events from the year 1542 in Sweden Monarch – Gustav I - The Dacke War begins. - Alliance between Sweden and France. 25 June - Magnus, Duke of Östergötland...

Year 1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 6 – In the Yucatan peninsula...

The Dacke War (Swedish: Dackefejden) was a peasant uprising led by Nils Dacke in Småland, Sweden, in 1542 against the rule of Gustav Vasa. Dacke and his...

on a rebel camp in the village of Haddorp, Sweden. In September, Swedish troops suffered a heavy defeat in the Battle of Kisa: troops under Dacke blocked...

The Italian War of 1542–1546 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy...

This is a timeline of Swedish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Sweden and its predecessor states. To...

Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War...

The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout...

(Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in 1568...

been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th...