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1663 In Sweden
Events from the year 1663 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The Swedish Collegium medicum is founded to supervise the medical professions. * The pirate Gustav Skytte is exposed, trialed and executed. * Colony of the Swedish Gold Coast seized by the Netherlands, and integrated into Dutch Gold Coast. * * * Births * 16 April – Maria Elizabeth of Zweibrücken, princess (died 1748) * 20 August – Amalia von Königsmarck, painter, actress and poet (died 1740) * unknown – Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (died 1676) Deaths * 8 March – Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (born 1600) * 21 April – Gustav Skytte, pirate (born 1637) * 3 May – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor (born 1592) * 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geo ... [...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] |
Gävle Boy
Johan Johansson (1663 – November 1676), usually known as the Gävle Boy, was a young Swedish boy remembered for being a witness in witch trials and for bearing substantial responsibility for the Katarina witch trials in 1676. Background Johan was the son of a shoemaker Johan Davidsson (d. 1672) in the city of Gävle in Gästrikland. He came to live with relatives in Stockholm in 1675 at the age of twelve, after having orphaned himself by having his widowed mother Karin Nilsdotter Griis executed, claiming she had abducted him to the sabbath of Satan in Blockula (Blåkulla) where she had molested him sexually. Inspiring a witch hunt In Stockholm, he became known as the crown witness from Gävle and everyone wanted to hear about his visits to Blockula. He told them many stories about the sabbath of Satan, each more fantastic and exciting than the last, and gathered more and more people around him, including adults, and was soon a real celebrity and regarded as an expert on wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1663 In Sweden
Events from the year 1663 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The Swedish Collegium medicum is founded to supervise the medical professions. * The pirate Gustav Skytte is exposed, trialed and executed."Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor". Project Runeberg website (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-07-21. * * * * Births * August - Amalia Königsmarck, painter, actress and poet (died 1740) * unknown - Gävle Boy, notorious witch finder (died 1676) * 16 April - Maria Elizabeth of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, princess (died 1748) Deaths * 8 March - Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (born 1600) * Johan Björnsson Printz, governor (born 1592) * Gustav Skytte, pirate (born 1637) * * 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1592 In Sweden
Events from the year 1592 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – John III then Sigismund Events * - Wedding between the King's brother Duke Charles and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. * 17 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him. Births * 17 January - Sigrid Banér, Swedish letter writer (died 1669) * March - Clas Fleming (admiral), admiral and administrator (died 1644) * 22 October - Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, soldier and politician (died 1657) * July 20 - Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663) * 29 December - Johannes Matthiae Gothus, professor (died 1670) Deaths * 17 November - John III, monarch (born 1537) References Years of the 16th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Björnsson Printz
Johan Björnsson Printz (July 20, 1592 – May 3, 1663) was governor from 1643 until 1653 of the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware River in North America. Early life in Sweden He was born in Bottnaryd, Jönköping County, in the province of Småland in 1592. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor, Björn Hansson, and Gunilla Svensdotter. This source indicates a court martial exonerated him for the surrender of Chemnitz, but punished him for being AWOL. Printz received his early education in Sweden followed in 1618 by theological studies at German universities. While on a journey in about 1620, he was pressed into military service. The involuntary change in occupation turned out to suit him. During the Thirty Years' War, he initially became a mercenary for Archduke Leopold of Austria, Duke Christian of Brunswick, and King Christian IV of Denmark. Printz entered the Swedish army in 1625 rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel under King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1637 In Sweden
Events from the year 1637 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Christina Events * The first regulation of the Romani, '' Placat om Tatrarnes fördrifvande av landet'', declare all Romani expelled from Sweden: all adult men are sentenced to death while women and children are to be hunted over the borders.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996 * Gese Wechel becomes the first female manager of the Swedish Post Office. * * * * Births * Axel Julius De la Gardie, field marshal and governor general (died 1710) * Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, countess and landowner (died 1723) * * * * Deaths * * * * 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1600 In Sweden
Events from the year 1600 in Sweden Events * 20 March - Linköping Bloodbath conducted against the Sigismund loyalists. Samuelson, Jan (1993). Aristokrat eller förädlad bonde? Det svenska frälsets ekonomi, politik och sociala förbindelser under tiden 1523–1611 (in Swedish). Lund University Press. . * - The immigration of Walloons to Sweden begins. * The War against Sigismund becomes the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11). Births * 4 March - Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (died 1663 in Sweden , 1663) * * * Deaths January-March * March 20 (Linköping Bloodbath) ** Erik Sparre – the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, Chancellor of Sweden and a senator in the Riksdag of the Estates, Riksens ständer ** Ture Nilsson Bielke – a senator in the ''Riksens ständer'' ** Gustaf Banér – a senator in the ''Riksens ständer'' and father of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus' Field Marshal Johan Banér (b. 1547) ** Sten Banér – a senator in the ''Riks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christoff Von Königsmarck
Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, of Tjust (4 March 1600 – 8 March 1663), son of Conrad von Königsmarck and Beatrix von Blumenthal, was a German soldier who commanded Sweden's legendary flying column, a force which played a key role in the Swedish military strategy in the Thirty Years' War. Biography He was born in Kötzlin, Altmark. After serving as a page on the court of Prince Frederick Ulrich of Wolfenbüttel, he entered Imperial military service in 1620. After the dissolution of Albrecht von Wallenstein's troops and Gustavus Adolphus' intervention, Königsmarck offered his services to the Swedish King. By 1635 he commanded his own regiment. He was appointed Major General in 1640, Governor-General of Bremen-Verden in 1645, Privy Councilor in 1651 and Field Marshal in 1655. He is best known for the Siege of Prague between 25 June and 1 November 1648, where he managed to capture and loot the left-bank of Prague but failed to take the Old Town until fighting ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1676 In Sweden
Events from the year 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.Bjerg, Hans Christian (editor, 1977) Slaget i Køge bugt 1. juli 1677: forudsætninger, forløb og følger. Søe-lieutenant-selskabet, Copenhagen. (Danish) * 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 (died 1756) * Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, officer and geographer (died 1747) * * * Deaths * 29 April - Anna Zippel, alleged witch (born date unknown) * 29 April - Brita Zippel, alleged witch (born date unknown) * 1 June - Lorentz Creutz, government administrator, county governor (born 1615) * June - Claes Uggla, officer (born 1614) * July - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740 In Sweden
Events from the year 1740 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * * * * - Foundation of the retirement fund '' Allmänna Änke- och Pupillkassan i Sverige'' for the destitute widows of civil servants, undermining widow conservation.Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 22. Possession – Retzia * - The Christina Johansdotter case. * - The Hats (party) campaign for a war against the Empire of Russia with French support. * - An unsuccessful attempt is made to exile the King's mistress Hedvig Taube from the country. * December – '' Sagan om hästen'' by Olof von Dalin Births * 4 February – Carl Michael Bellman, poet, songwriter, composer and performer (died 1795) * * * 7 September - Johan Tobias Sergel, neoclassical sculptor (died 1814) * 8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer (died 1828) * 16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician (died 1819) Deaths * 30 January – Amalia Königsmarck, dilettante artist (pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Swedish Monarchs
This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union. History The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work '' Germania'', c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). However, due to scant and unreliable sources before the 11th century, lists of succession traditionally start in the 10th century with king Olof Skötkonung, and his father Eric the Victorious, who also were the first Swedish kings to be baptized. There are, however, lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with far older dates, but in many cases these kings appear in sources of disputed historical reliability. These records notably deal with the legendary House of Yngling, and based on the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Eric the Victorious and Olof Skötkonung have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, tracing them back to Sigurd Hring and Ragnar Lodbrok (whom Saxo considered to belong to the House of Yngling). Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalia Von Königsmarck
Countess Amalia "Emilie" Wilhelmina Lewenhaupt (née von Königsmarck) (20 August 1663 – 30 January 1740) was a Sweden, Swedish noblewoman of German descent who became known as a Amateur, dilettante painter, actor, and poet. Life Amalia Wilhelmina von Königsmarck was born in Stade, a daughter of Count Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck (1634–1673) and Countess Maria Christina von Wrangel family, Wrangel-Lindeberg (1638-1691). She was the sister of Philip Christoph Königsmarck, Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Aurora Königsmarck, Aurora von Königsmarck and Karl Johann von Königsmarck and a paternal niece of Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck. Amalia Königsmarck belonged to the royal court-dilettantes who were among the students of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. Her known paintings include a self-portrait from 1688, a portrait of her sister Aurora, a portrait of the noblewoman Katarina Ebba Horn from 1698, and a portrait of Sophia Dorothea of Hanov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
