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 ...
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