1663 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1663 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XI
Events
- The Swedish Collegium medicum is founded to supervise the medical professions.
- The pirate Gustav Skytte is exposed, trialed and executed.[1]
- Colony of the Swedish Gold Coast seized by the Netherlands, and integrated into Dutch Gold Coast.
Births
- 16 April â Maria Elizabeth of Zweibrücken, princess (died 1748)
- 20 August â Amalia von Königsmarck, painter, actress and poet (died 1740)
- unknown â Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (died 1676)
Deaths
- 8 March â Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (born 1600)
- 21 April â Gustav Skytte, pirate (born 1637)[2][3][4]
- 3 May â Johan Björnsson Printz, governor (born 1592)
