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1628 In Sweden
Events from the year 1628 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * August 4 – Thirty Years' War: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, Stralsund is able to resist Wallenstein's siege until the landing of a Danish army, led by Christian IV of Denmark, forces Wallenstein to raise the siege and move his army to confront the new threat. * August 10 – The Swedish warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor on August 10, 1628, after capsizing due to a gust of wind, causing about 30 deaths among 150 on board. Nearly 400 years later, DNA testing revealed that a person initially thought to be male, named "Gustav," was actually female. This discovery, and others, provide insights into 17th-century Sweden, according to Vasa Museum director Fred Hocker. The Vasa was salvaged between 1958 and 1961 and is now displayed at the Vasa Museum. DNA studies in 2004 identified 15 adults and remains of at least two others. Further genetic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta I Kumla
Margareta i Kumla ('Margareta of Kumla') also known as the ''Sibyl of Kumla'' ('Prophetess of Kumla'), or ''Kumlapigan'' ('Maid of Kumla'), (died after 1628), was a Swedish visionary, who claimed to be possessed. She became the target of pilgrimages when claiming to be the channel of the words of the angels. Life Margareta was born to Johannes Laurentii, the Vicar of Kumla since 1619. In 1626, Margareta, by then in her teens, claimed to have a vision of a white bird and "black" man (likely referring to the Devil). The black man tried to convince her to abandon her beliefs. At the same time, the vicarage and the church of Kumla experienced the phenomena of poltergeist. On 30 October 1626 Margareta uttered blasphemy and called upon Satan. Afterward, she claimed to have had a visit from seven high ranked devils. On 22 October she claimed to have been visited by three angels with burning candles, among them the Archangel Michael. After this, she was unconscious for 24 hours. When she aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 In Sweden
Events from the year 1628 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * August 4 – Thirty Years' War: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, Stralsund is able to resist Wallenstein's siege until the landing of a Danish army, led by Christian IV of Denmark, forces Wallenstein to raise the siege and move his army to confront the new threat. * August 10 – The Swedish warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor on August 10, 1628, after capsizing due to a gust of wind, causing about 30 deaths among 150 on board. Nearly 400 years later, DNA testing revealed that a person initially thought to be male, named "Gustav," was actually female. This discovery, and others, provide insights into 17th-century Sweden, according to Vasa Museum director Fred Hocker. The Vasa was salvaged between 1958 and 1961 and is now displayed at the Vasa Museum. DNA studies in 2004 identified 15 adults and remains of at least two others. Further genetic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalia Von Hatzfeld
Amalia von Hatzfeld (1560 – 23 September 1628), was a Swedish countess. She was the governor of Raseborg in 1600–1607. Amalia von Hatzfeld was born to Vilhelm von Hatzfeld and Sibylla von Rodenhausen. Prior to her marriage, she served as maid of honor to Princess Maria. In 1592, she married count Mauritz Stensson Leijonhufvud. She became the mother of Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, also called Ebba Mauritzdotter Lewenhaupt (1595 – 25 January 1654), Countess of Raseborg, Lady of Käggleholm, Eksjöhovgård and Tullgarn, was a Swedish noble and courtier and member of the Leijonhufvud family .... After the death of her spouse in 1600, the crown returned the county of Raseborg in Finland, which had been confiscated from her spouse, to her. She managed it as governor until 1607, when she sold it to the nephew of her late spouse, Sten. References * Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon * http://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Lewenhaupt_nr_2 * Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1690 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * * * Births * - Malcolm Sinclair (Swedish nobleman), officer, nobleman and envoy (died 1739) * 9 April - Johan Henrik Scheffel, artist (died 1781) * - Katarina Asplund, pietist (died 1758) * * Deaths * - Gustaf Düben, organist and composer (born 1628) * - Johannes Gezelius the elder, bishop (born 1615) * References External links Years of the 17th century in Sweden 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Düben
Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Personal life Early life Düben was born in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and Anna Maria Gabriels, lady's maid of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Düben was sent by his father to Germany for education in his youth. He was a student of Sweelinck. Family In 1654, Düben married Dutch merchant's daughter Emerentia Standaert. They had at least nine children. Career In 1647 Gustav became part of the Swedish royal court orchestra, the ''Kungliga Hovkapellet'', where he would succeed as Hofkapellmeister in 1663 after the death of his father the previous year. Both of his sons would follow in their father's footsteps, Gustav ( sv) holding the office from 1690 to 1698 and Anders ( sv) from 1698 to 1726. In addition to his court duties, he was organist at the German Church in Stockholm. Düben composed a few works in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Allertz
Märta Allertz (1628 – before 1677), often wrongly referred to as Brita Allerts, was the royal mistress of Charles X Gustav of Sweden. She was the mother of the illegitimate son of Charles X, Gustaf Carlson. The year of her death is unknown: she is last confirmed alive in 1665, and was surely dead by 1677, when her death estate was listed. Allertz was the daughter of the wealthy Stockholm city councillor Claes Allerts (d. 1650) and the successful wheat merchant Britta Jacobsdotter. She became introduced for the future Charles X and his siblings because of their parents' business associations: her wealthy parents helped the parents of Charles X economically, and her mother had a business arrangement with John Casimir in which she sold the wheat produced in the Stegeborg County, where John Casimir was the governor. Allertz and Charles had a relationship after his return from Germany in 1646. In 1647 they had a son, Gustaf Carlson. Charles immediately acknowledged their chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 In Sweden
Events from the year 1698 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * * * * * 12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace. * Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.Robert K. Massie (1986). Peter the Great. p. 321 f. . Births * August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765) * 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770) * - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733) * * * Deaths * February - Anna Åkerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642) * 23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628) * * References Years of the 17th century in Sweden 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 SwedenUN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (23 September 1628 – 23 October 1698) was a Sweden, Swedish nobleman and portrait painter. Biography David Klöcker was born in Hamburg. He was the son of Johann Klöcker and had eight siblings. In 1648, Klöcker traveled to Amsterdam where he learned how to paint following the instructions from Juriaen Jacobsze (1624–1685). In 1652, he left his art studies in the Netherlands and moved to Skokloster Castle (''Skoklosters slott'') on Lake Mälaren, Sweden at the request of Swedish nobleman Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613–1676). Between 1654 and 1661 he studied in Italy and visited the courts of both France and England. On his return he became entitled Court painter (''hovkonterfejare'') in 1661. He was raised to the nobility in 1674 at which time he took the surname Ehrenstråhl. He became court intendant in 1690. He made portraits of, among others, King Charles XI of Sweden, Erik Dahlbergh, Georg Stiernhielm and Agneta Horn. Among his pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Thum
Christian Thum also known as även von Thum, Thumb, Theun and Thun (d. 1655), was a Swedish (originally German) actor and theater director. He belongs to the earliest identifiable professional actors active in Sweden, was the leader of the theater of the Swedish royal court in 1628-1645, and the founder of the likely first theater in Sweden and Scandinavia, '' Björngårdsteatern '' (1640). Life Christian Thum was from Germany, but it is unknown from where. He himself stated that he had been active in Sweden since 1615, but he is confirmed as such for the first time in Kalmar in 1624. He performed a theater play for queen Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg in 1628, and was from that point until 1637 engaged at her court as an actor, though not much is known of his activity. In 1637, he was transferred to the court of queen Christina of Sweden and is explicitly named director of the royal court theater: the regency government regarded a theater as a useful pedagogic method for the child m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livrustkammaren
The Royal Armoury ( sv, Livrustkammaren) is a museum in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. It contains many artifacts of Swedish military history and Swedish royalty. It is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustavus Adolphus when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved for posterity. A drinking horn made from a horn of the last aurochs bull and taken by the Swedish army as war booty from Jaktorów, Poland, during the Swedish invasion of Poland (1655–1660) is part of the collection of the museum. Gallery File:Hunting horn of Sigismund III of Poland.jpg, An ornamented horn of the last aurochs bull, which belonged to King Sigismund III of Poland File:Kröningsmantel av purpurfärgad sammet - Livrustkammaren - 91426.tif, Queen Kristina's coronation robe File:Sofia Magdalenas brudklänning, robe de cour, 1766.jpg, Wedding dress of queen Sophia Magdalena, 1766. File:Rum A - Livrustkammaren - 87956.tif, Gustav III's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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