1666 In Sweden
Events from the year 1666 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The Second Bremen War. * * * The Lund University is founded. * Second return to Sweden of Christina, Queen of Sweden. * Publication of the '' Upsalia antiqua'' by Johannes Schefferus. Births * 4 September - Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, painter (died 1729) * 9 November - Carl Gustaf Armfeldt, officer (died 1736) * 21 August - Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, duke (died 1701) Deaths * 27 February - Gustav Evertsson Horn, military and politician (born 1614) * * * * 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> is a Nordic country located on ...

1729 In Sweden
Events from the year 1729 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch - Frederick I Events * April - Sweden and Saxony finally resume peaceful connections with each other after the Great Nordic War. Births * 31 January – Pehr Löfling, botanist (died 1756) * 1 May – Eric Gustaf Tunmarck, painter (died 1789). * 11 September – Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder, nobleman (died 1777) * 21 October – Bengt Andersson Qvist, chemist and mineralogist (died 1799) Deaths * 29 April – Ingela Gathenhielm, privateer (born 1692) * 20 August – Gunnila Grubb, songwriter (born 1692) * 22 October – Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1666) References Years of the 18th 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 ...

1666 In Sweden
Events from the year 1666 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The Second Bremen War. * * * The Lund University is founded. * Second return to Sweden of Christina, Queen of Sweden. * Publication of the '' Upsalia antiqua'' by Johannes Schefferus. Births * 4 September - Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, painter (died 1729) * 9 November - Carl Gustaf Armfeldt, officer (died 1736) * 21 August - Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, duke (died 1701) Deaths * 27 February - Gustav Evertsson Horn, military and politician (born 1614) * * * * 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> is a Nordic country located on ...

1614 In Sweden
Events from the year 1614 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * - Armistice with Poland. * - Svea Court of Appeal * - Alliance with the Netherlands. * - Battle of Bronnicy. * - Swedish occupation of Gdov. Births * Gustaf Otto Stenbock, soldier and politician (died 1685) * Bengt Skytte, courtier and diplomat * Elin Såger, businessperson * * Deaths * Ebba Stenbock * * * 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> is a Nordic country located on ...

Gustav Evertsson Horn
Baron Gustav Evertsson Horn of Marienburg (28 May 1614 – 27 February 1666) was a Finnish-Swedish military man and politician. He was a member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Governor General. Horn, the son of Field Marshal Evert Horn, was born in 1614 in Southwest Finland, at the time a part Sweden. He became captain in 1635, and a colonel in 1640. In 1651, he was, along with cousin Henrik Horn, raised to a baron. Gustav Horn became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1653, and in the following year, he was assigned the role of Governor General of Ingria and Kexholm, an office he left for the assignment of Governor General of Finland in 1657. In 1656 he was appointed general, in 1658 ''rikstygmästare'' and in 1663 field marshal. The latter year he also became Governor General of Bremen-Verden. Gustav Evertsson Horn died in Stade, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous co ...
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1701 In Sweden
Events from the year 1701 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events *July 9 – Crossing of the Düna: Following his victories over Denmark and Russia in 1700, Charles XII of Sweden escalates the conflict in the Great Northern War by an invasion of Poland. The Swedes defeat the army of Saxony (then a Polish territory) at the River Dvina. * - Battle of Petschora * - Battle of Rauge * - Battle of Erastfer * * - Sätra brunn is established. * - A new sumptuary law restrict the import of valuable textiles for clothing and the burgher class from using the dress of the nobility. This leads to harassment when burgher class women in the capital dressed as noblewomen had their skirts torn off; the disturbances made the monarch prolong the enforcement of the law for a year, until those concerned had the time to replace their wardrobes.Svenska folkets underbara öden / IV. Karl XI:s och Karl XII:s tid * - '' Campus Elysii'' by Olof Rudbeck. * Births * * * * * ...
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Adolph John II, Count Palatine Of Kleeburg
Adolph John II (German: Adolf Johann II.) (21 August 1666 – 27 April 1701) was the Duke of Kleeburg from 1689 until 1701. Life Adolph John was born in Bergzabern in 1666 as the eldest surviving son of Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Elsa Elisabeth Brahe. He succeeded his father in 1689. Adolph John died in Laiuse Castle in 1701 and was buried in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv .... As he never married he was succeeded by his brother Gustavus Samuel Leopold. Ancestors {{Authority control 1666 births 1701 deaths Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire House of Wittelsbach People of the Swedish Empire Burials at Riddarholmen Church ...
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1736 In Sweden
Events from the year 1736 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed, thereby replacing the '' Kristofers landslag'' and the ''Stadslagen'', giving the country and the cities the same law and Sweden its first national civil code.Nationalencyklopedin (NE) * 2 May - A scientific expedition consisting of Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Alexis Claude Clairault, Pierre Charles Lemonnier, Charles Étienne Louis Camus and Anders Celsius, departs from Dunkerque and travels to Tornedalen: they arrive in Stockholm on 21 May and depart for Lappland on 6 June. * * * * * * * Births * 9 August - Clas Alströmer, naturalist (died 1794) * 20 December - Charlotta Cedercreutz, painter (died 1815) * 21 July - Ulla Adlerfelt, painter (died 1765) * 19 August - Erland Samuel Bring, mathematician (died 1798) * - Hedvig Löfwenskiöld, poet (died 1789) Deaths * * * * * 2 April - Brigitta Scherzenfeld ...
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Carl Gustaf Armfeldt
Carl Gustaf Armfeldt (9 November 1666 – 24 October 1736) was a Swedish officer, general and friherre (baron) who took part in the Great Northern War. Early life Carl Gustaf Armfeldt was born in Swedish Ingria to lieutenant colonel Gustaf Armfelt and Anna Elisabet Brakel. Like other members of his family Armfelt devoted himself to war and at seventeen years' age joined Nylands kavalleri as a cadet. In 1685 he left this position and left for France where he joined prince Ferdinand of Fürstenberg's regiment as a mere footsoldier. He campaigned in France for twelve years and returned to Sweden as a captain. Great Northern War Due to his military experience he was employed in the Finnish army as a generaladjutant in 1701 and stayed with this army for most of the Great Northern War. He was named commander of the Finnish army in 1713. During the long war he distinguished himself in several occasions, especially during the defense of Helsingfors in 1713, but met an overwhelming Rus ...
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Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl
Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (4 September 1666 – 22 October 1729),En mamsell i akademien. Ulrica Fredrica Pasch och 1700-talets konstvärld. av Anna Lena Lindberg, Stockholm: Signum, 2010. Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, urn:sbl:16717, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Axel Sjöblom.), hämtad 2015-02-07. was a Swedish Baroque painter. She is known for her allegorical works paintings, portraits and group portraits. Biography Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl was the daughter of the painter David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and Maria Momma. In 1688, she married Johan Wattrang (1652–1724), President of Svea Hovrätt. She is still, however, known exclusively by the surname Ehrenstrahl. At this time in Sweden, it was not common for women to assume the name of their husbands after marriage. As a private person, she has been described as a cultivated hostess in the home of her spouse. Because of her wealthy marriage, she did not have to be a professional artist to support herself, but she continued to paint ...
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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 ...
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Johannes Schefferus
Johannes Schefferus (February 2, 1621 – March 26, 1679) was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.See the link below "German Classics" Schefferus was born in Strasbourg, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. He came from the patrician family (Scheffer), studied at university there and briefly in Leiden, and was in 1648 made professor Skytteanus of eloquence and government at Uppsala University, a chair he held until his death in 1679. Schefferus also spent time on philological and archaeological studies. His ''De orbibus tribus aureis'' became the first publication on Swedish archaeology. The story of the Sami people, '' Lapponia'' (1673) became popular around Europe but was not translated into Swedish (as ''Lappland'') until 1956. His posthumous publication, ''Suecia literata'' ("The Learned Sweden") (1680) is a Swedish history of science bibliography. Schefferus was later in life involved ...
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