Sweden-related events during the year of 1540
Events from the year 1540 in Sweden
Events
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- 4 January - Prince Erik is officially greeted as heir to the throne by nobility and bishops in Örebro.
- January - The reformers Olaus Petri and Laurentius Andreae are sentenced to treason but pardoned.
- - The first Evangelic mass is held in Vadstena Abbey.
- - Georg Norman inspects the churches in Västergötland and Östergötland, confiscates superfluous church valuables and registers dissident priests.
Births
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Deaths
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