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1763 In Sweden
Events from the year 1763 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 15 February - The end of the Seven Years' War. * - An economic crisis results in the bankruptcy of several manufacturers. * - Sweden and Great Britain resume diplomatic contacts after fifteen years of estrangement. * - The new poor care law states that every congregation is responsible to provide for the poor in the parish. * - The first Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm is dismantled and the second is built. * - '' Ode öfver själens styrka'' by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg * - Billingsfors Church is completed. Births * 26 January – Charles XIV John, king of Sweden and Norway (died 1844) * 29 March – Eberhard von Vegesack, Swedish army officer (died 1818) * 12 December – Margareta Alströmer, singer and painter, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (died 1816) * Jöns Peter Hemberg – member of parliament and founder of Skåne's ... [...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] |
1834 In Sweden
Events from the year 1834 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The famous coffee house '' Tysta Mari'' is opened in Stockholm. * - First issue of the paper ''Västerviks-Tidningen'' * - ''Drottningens juvelsmycke'' by Carl Jonas Love Almquist. * - '' Presidentens döttrar'' by Fredrika Bremer. Births * 13 February - Alfred Wahlberg, painter (died 1906) * 23 April - Adolf Hedin, publisher, and politician (died 1905) * 1 March - Hildegard Werner, musical conductor and a journalist (died 1911) * Ottilia Littmarck, actress (died 1929) Deaths * 16 June - Giovanna Bassi, ballerina (born 1762) * - Johanna Lohm, educator (born 1747) * - Charlotta Aurora De Geer, courtier (born 1779) * - Ulrika Melin, artist (born 1767) * - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (born 1781) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1763 In Sweden
Events from the year 1763 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 15 February - The end of the Seven Years' War. * - An economic crisis results in the bankruptcy of several manufacturers. * - Sweden and Great Britain resume diplomatic contacts after fifteen years of estrangement. * - The new poor care law states that every congregation is responsible to provide for the poor in the parish. * - The first Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm is dismantled and the second is built. * - '' Ode öfver själens styrka'' by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg * - Billingsfors Church is completed. Births * 26 January – Charles XIV John, king of Sweden and Norway (died 1844) * 29 March – Eberhard von Vegesack, Swedish army officer (died 1818) * 12 December – Margareta Alströmer, singer and painter, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (died 1816) * Jöns Peter Hemberg – member of parliament and founder of Skåne's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1685 In Sweden
Events from the year 1685 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Jews are formally banned from residing in Sweden. As there is no Jewish minority in Sweden, the ban is in effect a ban against Jewish immigration. * The postal service are now finally, in practice, available in all the nation. * '' Guds Werk och Hwila'' by Haquin Spegel * The Sami religion, which is still openly practiced, is officially outlawed and all evidence of such practice is liable to an arrest, which results in the final forced official conversion of the Sami people to Christianity.Grimberg, Carl : Svenska folkets underbara öden. 4, 1660-1707 (1959) Births * 7 January – Jonas Alströmer, pioneer and agriculture and industry (died 1761) * 22 July – Henrik Magnus von Buddenbrock, baron (died 1743) * 6 December – George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein, baron and field marshal (died 1763) * * Deaths * 24 September - Gustaf Otto Stenbock, politician and military (born 1614) *8 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bogislaus Staël Von Holstein
George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (born 6 December 1685 in Narva; died 17 December 1763 in Malmö) was a Swedish baron and field marshal. He was the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1754 to 1763. Family George Bosiglaus Staël von Holstein was born on 6 December 1685, the son of Lt. Col. Johan Staël von Holstein and Julia Helena von der Pahlen. He was a member of the Staël von Holstein noble house which had then only recently joined the Swedish nobility. During his captivity in Russia he married the Countess Ingeborg Christina Horn af Rantzien in 1710, a daughter of the Field Marshal Henning Rudolf Horn von Rantzien, who had been taken captive with his daughters by the Russians during the Great Northern War. In 1722 Staël von Holstein planned a marriage with Sofia Elisabeth Ridderschantz. However, the marriage was broken off because his wife Ingeborg from Russia, where she had been held captive to that point, returned. In 1731 Staël von Holstein was raised to the rank of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1708 In Sweden
Events from the year 1708 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 4 July – Swedish victory over Russia at the Battle of Holowczyn.Ericson, Lars (ed) (2003). Svenska slagfält (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. p. 286. . * * * * * * The Uppsala University Hospital is founded. * Births * * * * * * 29 August – Olof von Dalin, poet (died 1763) * - Sven Rosén (Pietist), Radical-Pietistic writer and leader (died 1751) * Deaths * – Görwel Gyllenstierna, female duelist (born 1646) * – Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, poet (born 1661) * – Maria Jonae Palmgren, scholar, one of the first female college students (born 1630) * 11 November – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, princess (born 1681) * – Anna Maria Clodt, courtier References External links 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 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Von Dalin
Olof von Dalin (29 August 1708 – 12 August 1763) was a Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier. He was an influential literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment. Background Olof Dalin was born in the parish of Vinberg in Halland. His father was the parish minister. His birth name prior to knighthood was Dahlin. Olof Dalin's father had taken his name from his hometown, Dalstorp in the County of Älvsborg. He was closely related to Andreas Rydelius (1671–1738), Bishop of Lund, and he was sent at a very early age to be instructed by him. Carl Linnaeus was one of his fellow-pupils. Career In 1723, while studying at Lund University, he first accompanying his stepfather, Severin Böckman, to Stockholm and in 1726 he entered into public office there. Under the patronage of Baron Claes Rålamb (1682–1751) he rapidly rose to favor, and his skill and intelligence won him a golden reputation. In the 1730s, Dalin wrote plays for the theatre, inspired by French dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1732 In Sweden
Events from the year 1732 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * 12 May to 10 October - Carl Linnaeus performs the Expedition to Lapland. * 26 September – Peace treaty between Sweden and Poland. * December – The paper ''Then Swänska Argus'' begin its publication.Jan, Melin; Johansson, Alf W. ; Hedenborg, Susanna (2003). Sveriges historia. Stockholm: Prisma. * - The first Swedish East Indiaman is sent by the newly established Swedish East India Company to China. Births * 6 September - Johan Carl Wilcke, physicist (died 1796) * 18 November - Pehr Hilleström, painter (died 1816) * - Maria Christina Bruhn, inventor (died 1802) * - Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, courtier (died 1800) Deaths * - Lars Ulstadius, pietist (born 1650) * Jonas Lambert-Wenman, pirate (born 1665) 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Forsskål
Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Early life Forsskål was born in Helsinki, now in Finland but then a part of Sweden, where his father, Finnish priest , was serving as a Lutheran clergyman, but the family migrated to Sweden in 1741 when the father was appointed to the parish of Tegelsmora in Uppland and the archdiocese of Uppsala. As was common at the time, he enrolled at Uppsala University at a young age in 1742, but returned home for some time and, after studies on his own, rematriculated in Uppsala in 1751, where he completed a theological degree the same year. Linnaeus's disciple In Uppsala Forsskål was one of the students of Linnaeus, but apparently also studied with the orientalist Carl Aurivillius, whose contacts with the Göttingen orientalist Johann David Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1718 In Sweden
Events from the year 1718 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII then Ulrika Eleonora Events * April – The royal privateer Lars Gathenhielm dies and his widow Ingela Gathenhielm takes over his Baltic privateer- and pirate empire. * May – Charles XII issue peace negotiations with Russia on Åland, handled by Georg Heinrich von Görtz, in a hope to conquer the Danish province of Norway with Russian help. * 29 August – 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland. * October 30 – Charles XII attacks Norway. * November 12 – Georg Heinrich von Görtz leaves the negotiations with Russia with a proposed peace treaty. * November 30 – King Charles XII of Sweden is killed at Fredrikshald in Norway. * December 1 – The brother-in-law of Charles XII and spouse of Princess Ulrika Eleonora, Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, discontinue the siege of Fredrikshald. * December 2 – Georg Heinrich von G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht ( Stockholm, Sweden, 28 November 1718 – Stockholm, Sweden, 29 June 1763) was a Swedish poet, feminist and salon hostess. Biography She was the youngest of five children of the wealthy official Anders Andersson Nordbohm (1675–1734) and Christina Rosin. Her father was ennobled as Nordenflycht in 1727. After the retirement of her father in 1730, the family settled on the estate Viby. She was sporadically tutored by Henning Tideman, the teacher of her brother Anders Nordenflycht (1710–1740), in Latin and German, and studied philosophy and theology as an autodidact, being otherwise only educated in domestics and accomplishments. In 1734, she was engaged against her will to Johan Tideman (1710–1737), a pupil of Christopher Polhem and supporter of the Wolffian philosophy. Johan Tideman and his naturalism and philosophy made a great impact upon her development and satisfied her intellectually, but she opposed their engagement because she d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1701
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 12 – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar. * January 18 – The electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia becomes the Kingdom of Prussia, as Elector Frederick III is proclaimed King Frederick I. Prussia remains part of the Holy Roman Empire. It consists of Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia. Berlin is the capital. * January 28 – The Chinese storm Dartsedo. * February 17 (February 6, 1700 O.S.) – The 5th Parliament of King William III is assembled. Future Prime Minister Robert Walpole enters the Parliament of England, and soon makes his name as a spokesman for Whig policy. * March 8 – Mecklenburg-Strelitz is created as a north German duchy. * March 9 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation. April–June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
