title: 1587 in Sweden
text: # 1587 in Sweden
  
  Events from the year 1587 in Sweden
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – John III
  
  ## Events
  
  * - The Vadstena artiklar grants the King the right to appoint bishops and officials in the Duchies of the princes.
  * - A clerical meeting in Strängnäs confirm the Örebro artiklar and protest to the pro-Catholic liturgy of the King.
  * - The Swedish-born Crown Prince Sigismund III Vasa is elected King of Poland,
  * - The Royal Council forces the King and Crown Prince to agree to Kalmar stadgar, which protects the independence of Sweden during the potential personal union between Sweden and Poland.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 15 June - Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, Lord High Steward of Sweden (died 1640)
  * - Louis De Geer (1587–1652), industrialist
  