title: 1553 in Sweden
text: # 1553 in Sweden
  
  Events from the year 1553 in Sweden
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Gustav I
  
  ## Events
  
  * - The monarch prohibit the export of Osmond process to benefit the Wrought iron in Europe.
  * - Publication of the song book Een liten Songbook.
  * - A tax is introduced in Norrland for the repair of Sala Silver Mine.
  * - Decoration of the royal rooms at Kalmar Castle.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 7 April - Gunilla Bese, defender of Vyborg Castle (born 1475)
  * - Conrad von Pyhy, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden
  * - Barbro Eriksdotter (Bielke), landowner, role model of the infamous pintorpafrun
  