1678 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• 18 January - Battle of Warksow
• Siege of Bohus Fortress.
• Medevi is founded.
• Swedish Pomerania is occupied by Brandenburg.

Notable births

• Maria Faxell, war heroine
• Hans Hysing, swedish born portrait-painter in England

Notable deaths

• Jörgen Krabbe, Swedish nobleman and politician