title: 1676 in Sweden
text: # 1676 in Sweden
  
  Events from the year 1676 in Sweden
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Charles XI
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1 June - Danish victory in the Battle of Öland and Danish invasion of the Swedish province of Scania.
  * Creation of the Snapphane movement to resist the Swedes in the province of Scania.
  * Battle of Bysjön
  * August 17 - Swedish victory in the Battle of Halmstad
  * December 4 - Swedish victory in the Battle of Lund
  * Åbo landtag
  
  ## Births
  
  * Nils Reuterholm, governor (died 1756)
  * Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, officer and geographer (died 1747)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 29 April - Anna Zippel, alleged witch (born date unknown)
  * 29 April - Brita Zippel, alleged witch (born date unknown)
  * 1 June - Lorentz Creutz, government administrator, county governor (born 1615)
  * June - Claes Uggla, officer (born 1614)
  * July - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, commander (born 1613)
  * August - Lars Stigzelius, archbishop (born 1598)
  * 5 August - Malin Matsdotter, alleged witch (born 1613)
  * November - Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (born 1663)
  