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
• Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, officer and geographer

Deaths

• 29 April - Anna Zippel, alleged witch
• 29 April - Brita Zippel, alleged witch
• 1 June - Lorentz Creutz, government administrator, county governor
• June - Claes Uggla, officer
• July - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, commander
• August - Lars Stigzelius, archbishop
• 5 August - Malin Matsdotter, alleged witch
• November - Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder