Events from the year 1588 in Sweden
Incumbent John III of Sweden
Events The Bubonic plague reaches Stockholm.
Stockholm Castle receives the name "Tre Kronor" (Three Crowns) after three gilded crowns were placed on top of the central spire.
Births
28 June - Per Gustafsson Banér, noblemen and member of the Privy Council of Sweden. (died.1644) Unknown - , officer during The Ingrian War, ennobled 1646. (died. 1667) 24 August - , Rector of Uppsala University, bishop and court chaplin for the Queen Dowager. (died. 1637) 6 September - , Swedish civil servant for the Royal Chancellery and the first secretary of the House of Nobility. (died. 1648)
Deaths Ebba Axelsdotter af Bielke - Swedish noblewomen who died in childbirth
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