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1695 In Sweden
Events from the year 1695 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * * Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399 * The king dissolves the tapestry school ''Tapetskolan vid Karlberg''. Births * - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salon hostess (died 1745) * June 24 - Martin van Meytens, painter (died 1770) * 17 August - Gustaf Lundberg, rococo pastelist and portrait painter (died 1786) * 5 September - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count and politician (died 1770) * Deaths * * * * - Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (born 1625) 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 Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suecia 1-021 ; Slottskyrkan
In modern English, the name of Sweden ( sv, Sverige, links=no ) is derived from 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. In Old English, the country was named ''Swēoland'' (literally "Swede land") and ''Swēorīċe'' (literally "Swede kingdom"); the latter is cognate with Old Norse ''Svíaríki''. Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman of the 12th and 13th centuries used ''Suane'' and ''Swane'' (with the adjective as ''Suaneis''). In Scots language, Scots, ''Swane'' and ''Swaine'' appear in the 16th century. Early Modern English used ''Swedeland''. The Old English name for Sweden was ''Swēoland'' or ''Swēorīċe'', land or kingdom of the ''Swēon'', whereas the Germanic tribe of the ''Swedes (Germanic tribe), Swedes'' was called ''Svíþjóð'' in Old Norse. The latter is a compositum consisting of ''Sví'' which means Swedish and ''þjóð'' which means people. The word ''þjóð'' has its origin in the elder Indo-European word ''teuteh''. The name of the ''Sviar'' is deri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770 In Sweden
Events from the year 1770 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * * * * August - The Aurora Society is created in the Swedish province of Finland. * * 8 November – Crown Prince Gustav and his youngest brother travel to Paris. * Births * * * * 3 March - Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch, naturalist (died 1811) * 27 March - Anna Lisa Jermen, entrepreneur (died 1799) * 27 March - Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll, poet and salonnière (died 1835) * 9 October - Eleonora Säfström, actress (died 1857) * 23 October - Lisette Stenberg, actress and pianist (died 1847) * Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer (died 1851) Deaths * * 24 June - Martin van Meytens, painter (born 1695) * 21 July – Charlotta Frölich, writer, historian and agronomist (born 1698 Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1695 In Sweden
Events from the year 1695 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XI Events * * Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine of Finland (1695–97), Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399 * The king dissolves the tapestry school ''Tapetskolan vid Karlberg''. Births * - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salon hostess (died 1745 in Sweden , 1745) * June 24 - Martin van Meytens, painter (died 1770 in Sweden , 1770) * 17 August - Gustaf Lundberg, rococo pastelist and portrait painter (died 1786 in Sweden , 1786) * 5 September - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count and politician (died 1770 in Sweden , 1770) * Deaths * * * * - Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (born 1625 in Sweden , 1625) References 1695 in Sweden, Years of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1625 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1625 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf II Adolf Events * Great Stockholm Fire of 1625 * Second Phase of Polish–Swedish War started. Births * 10 October - Erik Dahlbergh, engineer and field marshal (died 1703) * Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish post office (died 1675) * Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (died 1695) Deaths * 8 December - Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort (born 1573) 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armegot Printz
Armegot Printz (1625–1695) was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden, and she married her father's successor, governor Johan Papegoja. She is the most well documented and known woman of New Sweden. Life Armegot Printz was born in Bottnaryd, Småland, Sweden. She was the daughter of the Swedish noble Johan Printz, colonel lieutenant of the Västgöta cavalry, and the German Elisabet Bock. She, as well as her mother and siblings, accompanied her father to Germany during his participation in the Thirty Years' War in the army of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden. In 1642, after her father's appointment as governor of the Swedish colony New Sweden in America, she followed her father to America in the company of her siblings and stepmother, where they arrived in February 1643. New Sweden In New Sweden, her father had The Printzhof manor built as their residence at Tinicum Island. In 1645, the poor noble Johan Papegoja arrived to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gustaf Tessin
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the most prominent representative of French culture in Sweden. He was also a fine orator. Tessin's art collection became the original core of the collection of Sweden's Nationalmuseum. Life Carl Gustaf Tessin was born in Stockholm. His father's family were burghers, while his mother came from the nobility; one of his maternal great-great-grandmothers had been born a princess-duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg. This genealogy led some to regard him as "trash" and a social climber compared to real aristocracy. On the other hand, members of his paternal line had shown high talent artistically and aesthetically; designers, architects, and also political talent. He married Ulrika Sparre in 1727. He began his public career in 1723, at which time he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1786 In Sweden
Events from the year 1786 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * 5 April - The Royal Swedish Academy is founded. * 1 May – King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Stockholm. * 23 June - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved. *23 October - Charter rights are given to Östersund. * Date unknown- The first school to give higher education to female students, the ''Societetsskolan'', is founded in Gothenburg. *Date unknown - Foundation of the Swedish West India Company *Date unknown - Maria Christina Bruhn becomes the first woman to be given a patent as an inventor in Sweden. *Date unknown - The first hot air balloons are released in Sweden by the popular acrobat Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta.Flodmark, Johan: Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria. Stockholm. Norstedt & söner. Births * 19 January – Carl Gustaf Kröningssvärd, lawyer and historian (died 1859) * 13 May - Anna Ehrenström, poet (died 1857) * 8 August - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Lundberg
Gustaf Lundberg (17 August 1695 – 18 March 1786) was a Swedish rococo pastelist and portrait painter. He trained and worked in Paris and later was appointed court portrait painter in Stockholm. Biography Lundberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, son of royal chef Gustaf Lundberg and his wife Sabina Richter, whose family included successful artists. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by his grandfather, Fredrik Richter, who was a goldsmith. Lundberg was later apprenticed to German-Swedish painter David von Krafft (1655–1724) in 1712. In 1717, Lundberg traveled to Paris, where he studied with Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) and Jean François de Troy (1679-1752). The determining influence was the Venetian school (art), Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), who lived in Paris from 1720 to 1721. Afterwards, Lundberg established himself as one of the leading portrait painters in Paris. He painted Louis XV of France, Louis XV and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Van Meytens
Martin van Meytens (24 June 1695 – 23 March 1770) was a Sweden, Swedish-Austrian painter who painted members of the Royal Court of Austria such as Marie Antoinette, Maria Theresa, Maria Theresa of Austria, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor's family and members of the local aristocracy. His painting style inspired many other painters to paint in a similar format. Life and career Martin van Meytens was born and baptised in Stockholm, Sweden, son of the painter Martin Mijtens the Elder, Martin Meytens the Elder, who had moved around 1677 from The Hague to Sweden. He went early in his career on an extended study trip. He visited London, Paris and Vienna, then he lived and worked for a long time in Italy (Rome, Turin). At the beginning he painted little enamel miniature portraits, and he changed to oil painting only around 1730, having settled in Vienna. Here he became very popular as a portrait painter in the circles of the court and the aristocracy. In 1732 he became ... [...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] |
1745 In Sweden
Events from the year 1745 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * * * Catharina Ebba Horn becomes the official royal mistress of the King.Horn 16. Katarina Ebba i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1909) * '' Hortus Upsaliensis'' by Carl von Linné * - Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia. Births * * February 21 - Olof Tempelman, architect (died 1816) * March 5 - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (died 1797) * May 5 - Carl August Ehrensvärd, naval officer, painter, author, and neo-classical architect (died 1800) * August 19 - Johan Gottlieb Gahn, chemist and metallurgist who discovered manganese (died 1817) * September 12 - Lovisa Meijerfeldt, countess and courtier, known as one of the "Three Graces" (died 1818) * - Brita Horn, courtier (died 1791) Deaths * * * * - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salonniere (born 1695) * - Sarah Derith, politically active noblewoman (born 1680) References Years of the 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedvig Catharina Lillie
Hedvig is a given name. Notable people with the name include: People *Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent *Hedvig Catharina Lilje (1695–1745), Swedish noblewoman, salonist and informal amateur-politician *Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess *Hedvig Eleonora Church, church in central Stockholm, Sweden *Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636–1715), the queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden and queen mother of King Charles XI *Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen (1753–1792), Swedish noblewoman *Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759–1818), the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden, famed diarist, memoirist and wit *Hedvig Hricak (born 1946), Croatian American radiologist *Hedvig Karakas (born 1990), Hungarian judoka *Hedvig Lindahl (born 1983), Swedish soccer goalkeeper *Hedvig Malina, ethnic Hungarian student from Slovakia, physically assaulted in a hate crime incident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
