In 1593, however, the Uppsala Synod proclaimed Lutheranism as state religion in Sweden, provoking a conflict between the Catholic king Sigismund and his Protestant uncle Duke Charles during the Swedish-Polish personal union, and initiating a development toward the War against Sigismund, resulting in the final completion of the Swedish Reformation.
Contemporary documents list the members of the convent at the time of the closure in 1595, as well as what happened to them: except for the abbess Katarina Olsdotter herself, her deputy Elin Eriksdotter, as well as the sisters Ingrid Jansdotter, Ingrid Persdotter, Ingeborg Persdotter and Margaretha Mattsdotter was listed as having accompanied her to Danzig.
In March 1605, Karin Johansdotter was charged with the theft of clothes and objects of brass and yin from the sealed stores of the Abbey, which was by then crown property.
This was a serious crime at the time, but Karin Johansdotter was evidently a popular person among the inhabitants of Vadstena, and a "Public petition" demanded that she be given a light sentence.
As she was also the mother of an infant, the verdict was therefore mitigated to the loss of her employment and banishment from Vadstena and the province of Östergötland.