1577 in Sweden

• Monarch – John III

• - The arrival of the Pope's ambassador Antonio Possevino to Sweden.
• - The so-called Röda boken (The Read Book), a church service which establishes a compromise between Protestantism and Catholic, is introduced.
• - Tre Kronor (castle) is rebuilt as a renaissance palace.
• - John III takes the title Grand Prince of Finland.
• - Sigrid Sture appointed governor of Stranda Hundred.

• - Johan Skytte, soldier and politician (died 1645)
• - Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby, soldier and politician (died 1622)

• - Eric XIV of Sweden, monarch (born 1533)
• - Jakob Bagge, admiral (born 1502)

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