title: 1555 in Sweden
text: # 1555 in Sweden
  
  Events from the year 1555 in Sweden
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Gustav I
  
  ## Events
  
  * - Instruction that the people in the Swedish province of Finland are going to be trained in defense against the Russians.
  * - A Description of the Northern Peoples by Olaus Magnus
  * 11 March - The Russo-Swedish War (1554–57): the Russian Empire breaks its 1537 treaty with Sweden by attacking Sweden, which results in the Russian defeat at the Battle of Kivinebb.
  * 30 may - Introduction of the Internal passport.
  
  ## Births
  
  * - Axel Kurck, colonel (died 1630)
  * - Petrus Kenicius, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1636)
  