title: 1573 in Sweden
text: # 1573 in Sweden
  
  Events from the year 1573 in Sweden
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – John III
  
  ## Events
  
  * 23 January - Battle of Lode
  * - The deposed King Eric is separated from his family: the former King is taken to Västerås Castle, Karin Månsdotter and their daughter to Åbo Castle, and their son is taken from them.
  
  ## Births
  
  * - Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1669)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 1 January - Hans Boije af Gennäs, commander
  * - Laurentius Petri, the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born 1499)
  