1528 in Sweden was marked by the continued consolidation of power by King Gustav I and developments associated with the Swedish Reformation.
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I
Events
January 12 - Gustav I is crowned in Uppsala without taking the customary oath affirming the authority of the bishops. - The last Catholic archbishop of Sweden, Johannes Magnus, leaves for Italy because of his run-in with King Gustav I where they fought each other with cudgels fashioned from boar skulls and spruce branches, Magnus almost getting violently massacred. - The Evangelical psalms of Olaus Petri is published. - The customary fortress of the Finnish bishop is dismantled by royal decree. - The King subdues the second of the Dalecarlian Rebellions: Christina Gyllenstierna is forced to write a public statement that the leader, the so-called Daljunkern ("The youngster from Dalarna"), was not her son, and that of all the sons she had with regent Sten, the only son alive was Svante.Kristina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna, urn:sbl:13412, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Hans Gillingstam), hämtad 2015-03-10. The Daljunkern flees abroad, where he is arrested an executed in Germany.
Births
Deaths
- Nils Stensson Sture, rebel leader (born 1512) - Barbro Stigsdotter, heroine (born 1472)
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