1653 in Sweden

• Monarch – Christina

• Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie is removed from his office and exiled from court.
• March-April - A small peasant rebellion takes place in Närke, called Morgonstjärneupproret (Rebellion of the Morning Star), against famine and conscription: the uprising is quickly defeated.^[1]
• End of The fronde in France. Cardinal Mazarin becomes First Minister.^[2]
• Queen Kristina establishes the Amaranthe Order in Stockholm.^[3]
• Gustaf Horn becomes a Swedish Royal Marshal.^[4]

• 2 March: Jonas Petri Linnerius

Bishop in Lund.

• 26 August: Per Banér^[5]

Swedish military officer.

• Nils Gripenhielm

Swedish politician and landowner.

• Per HÃ¥rd

Swedish general and landowner.

• Gustaf Adolf af Wasaborg^[6]

Swedish count and military officer, son of Gustaf Gustavsson af Wasaborg, illegitimate son of Gustav Adolf II.

• 7 April: Elsa Beata Brahe

Swedish noblewoman.

• 2 October: Hans Drake^[7]

Swedish military officer.

• 25 October: Gustaf Gustavsson af Wasaborg^[8]

Swedish count and royal advisor, illegitimate son of Gustav Adolf II.