Events from the year 1596 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Sigismund
Events
- An embassy from Poland arrive to support the personal union between Sweden and Poland. 25 November - A peasant uprising in the province of Finland results in the Cudgel War. - Archbishop Abraham Angermannus organizes a religious inspection tour through the provinces to eradicate all remains of Catholicism, Paganism and other non-Lutheran practices. - Sweden is afflicted with bad harvests and subsequent hunger.
Births
1 January - Elizabeth Ribbing, morganatic consort of prince Carl Philip (died 1662) - Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (died 1618) - Johan Banér, Field Marshal (died 1641) - Ebba Brahe, love interest of King Gustavus Adolphus (died 1674)
Deaths
- Karin Hansdotter, royal lover (born 1539)