Margaret of Sweden (1536) by Johan Baptista van Uther

Events from the year 1551 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

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Gustav I Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksföre ...

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Georg Norman George Norman (died 1552 or 1553) was a civil servant of German origin who was in Swedish service from 1539. He was a teacher of Johan III and Erik XIV. Biography Norman studied at Rostock University The University of Rostock (german: link=n ...

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Margaret Leijonhufvud Margaret Leijonhufvud (née ''Margareta Eriksdotter''; 1 January 1516 – 26 August 1551) was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I. She played a political role as the advisor of, and the intermediary to, her spouse the ...

, queen (born

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Years of the 16th century in Sweden

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