Events from the year 1655 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles X Gustav
Events
The King summon the 1655 Riksdag and introduces a Reduction (Sweden) of a quarter of all lands granted to the nobility from the crown since 1632. Deluge (history) 23 August - Battle of Sobota 16 September - Battle of Żarnów September 20 – September 30 - Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 3 October - Battle of Wojnicz
Births
January - Cornelius Anckarstjerna, admiral (died 1714) Charles XI of Sweden, monarch (died 1697)
David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)
Deaths
28 March - Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, queen dowager (born 1595) Anna Ovena Hoyer, writer (born 1584) Christian Thum, actor and theater director (birth year unknown)