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unusual facts about Gustav Vasa



Anna Phersönernas moder

Curatus Petrus is mentioned in his office in 1526, when he acted on the behalf of king Gustav Vasa during negotiations in Sala.

Count's Feud

The Swedish King Gustav Vasa sent a Swedish army to the aid of Christian III, which invaded Scania at Loshult and plundered, burned, and murdered their way throughout the Gønge area as it advanced toward the town of .

Danviksbro

Since King Gustav Vasa (1496–1560) had the water level of the lake Hammarbysjön increased by 4.8 metres, the lake emptied into Saltsjön through a small rivulet overshadowed by a simple wooden bridge and the familiar silhouette of an old mill, and for many centuries Danviken remained mostly renowned for its hospital, Danviks hospital, which the king had moved from Riddarholmen near the city.

Göran Hälsinges Gränd

When King Eric XIV's (1533–1577) was still two years old, his mother, the first consort of King Gustav Vasa Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535), died unexpectedly, and as Appolonia assisted the royal family as wet nurse she was rewarded a house in the alley, later named after her son.

Johannesgränd

A small graveyard east of the church, in which excavations have unveiled remains of coffins and bones, is said to have been ravaged by King Gustav Vasa who was looking for raw material for his saltpetre production, a deed commented in the chronicles as Ej är kristeligt i väder så skjuta sina förfäder ("Not Christian is in public thus shoot/push one's ancestors").

Norra Dryckesgränd

While this order, founded in the French valley Chartreuse in 1084 and introduced in Sweden by a royal land donation at Gripsholm in 1490, is known as one of the strictest of the Catholic Church, it was however thrown out of the kingdom by King Gustav Vasa in the 1520s together with many other abbeys, and it is since mostly remembered for the liqueur, Chartreuse, produced by the monks in France.

Sun dog

The phenomenon quickly resulted in rumours of an omen of God's forthcoming revenge on King Gustav Vasa (1496–1560) for having introduced Protestantism during the 1520s and for being heavy-handed with his enemies allied with the Danish king.

Våler, Hedmark

From the late 16th century they were encouraged by Swedish king Gustav Vasa to settle in the unpopulated areas of Värmland and Solør, along the border between Norway and Sweden.


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Livregementets husarer

The regiment descends directly from units set up by the Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) in 1536 when Sweden, as the first country in the world introduces a draft set up of voluntary riders north and south of Stockholm.

But this remained a problem and the youngest son of Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa), Charles IX of Sweden instituted a rule in 1609, when he was king, that the units had to be inspected and exercised at least monthly by their commanders.

The regiment traces its root to the Arboga meeting in 1536 when king Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) set up the units 'The Flag of Uppland (Upplandsfanan)' and 'The Flag of Södermanland (Södermanlandsfanan)'.

Religion in Sweden

When the Pope refused, Gustav Vasa started to promote the Swedish Lutheran reformers Olaus, Laurentius Petri, and Laurentius Andreae.

Walter Nicks

He danced in a 1969 concert of Duke Ellington’s sacred music with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Gustav Vasa Church in Stockholm, which was broadcast on Swedish television.