1717 In Sweden
Events from the year 1717 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 2 May - Battle of Göteborg * 19 July - Battle of Strömstad * * * * * * Births * * * 2 August - Karl Aurivillius, linguist, translator and orientalist (died 1786) * 26 November - Olof af Acrel, physician and surgeon (died 1806) * * Date unknown - Elisabeth Lillström, stage actress and opera singer (died 1791) Deaths * 16 January - Elias Brenner, painter, numismatist, and archeologist (born 1647) * 23 February - Magnus Stenbock, military officer (born 1664) * * - Märta Berendes, courtier and memoir writer (born 1639) 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 ...

1791 In Sweden
Events from the year 1791 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * Inauguration of the ''Bergianska trädgården'' * Creation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) * by Thomas Thorild. * ''Fredmans sånger'' by Carl Michael Bellman.Carl Michael Bellman (1791). "Fredmans sånger". Project Runeberg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-10-11. * '' Dumboms lefverne'' by Johan Henric Kellgren. Births * 29 June – Charlotta Skjöldebrand, court official (died 1866) * 20 June – Carl Fredric Dahlgren, poet (died 1844) * Ulrika Möllersvärd, courtier (died 1878) * Wendla Åberg, dancer and actress (died 1864) Deaths * 1 January - Anna Charlotta Schröderheim, salonnière (born 1754) * 4 April – Elisabeth Lillström, opera singer and actress (born 1717) * 14 May - Maja-Lisa Borgman, coffee house owner (born 1750s) * Brita Horn, courtier (born 1745 Events January–March * January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Arm ...
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1717 In Sweden
Events from the year 1717 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 2 May - Battle of Göteborg * 19 July - Battle of Strömstad * * * * * * Births * * * 2 August - Karl Aurivillius, linguist, translator and orientalist (died 1786) * 26 November - Olof af Acrel, physician and surgeon (died 1806) * * Date unknown - Elisabeth Lillström, stage actress and opera singer (died 1791) Deaths * 16 January - Elias Brenner, painter, numismatist, and archeologist (born 1647) * 23 February - Magnus Stenbock, military officer (born 1664) * * - Märta Berendes, courtier and memoir writer (born 1639) 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 ...

1639 In Sweden
Events from the year 1639 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Christina Events * 14 April – Battle of Chemnitz took place near the town of Chemnitz, in what is now eastern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Banér inflicted a crushing defeat on Rodolfo Giovanni Marazzino who commanded the Saxons and an Imperial detachment. * Hjälmare kanal taken in to use. * Case of Anna von Hintzen, a noble who flees Sweden to escape arrest of the murder of her servant. Births * 5 January – Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, military officer (d. 1688) * 21 January – Märta Berendes, courtier and diary writer (d. 1717) 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> is a Nordic country located on ...

Märta Berendes
Märta Berendes (21 January, 1639 – 18 October, 1717), was a Swedish Baroness and diary writer. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' (Mistress of the Robes) at the Swedish royal court from 1693 to 1717. She is the author of a diary written between 1676 and 1698, which has been published and has been the object of research. Life Märta Berendes was the daughter of the nobleman Johan Berendes (d. 1652) and Ingeborg Kurck (d. 1654). She inherited a fortune after her father's death. In 1656, she married her uncle's brother-in-law, baron Johan Sparre of Bohnerö and Walstanäs (d. 1659). She describes this marriage as happy, but her spouse was sickly, and left her a widow with two children. In 1662, she married secondly to ''riksråd'' baron Gustaf Posse af Hedensund till Arnäs (1626-1676). She also described this marriage as happy, but her second spouse, like the first, was sickly, and he and four of her children all died of smallpox in 1675-76. After her second widowhood, s ...
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1664 In Sweden
Events from the year 1664 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Carl Gustaf Wrangel appointed Lord High Constable of Sweden. * Publication of Gautreks saga. * A new sumptuary law, replaced and amended the previous one of 1644, restrict the guests at engagement dinners to family and bans the custom of conducting them in bath houses; weddings are no longer to be celebrated for more than one day; the guests at weddings are restricted; dress fashion are regulated according to class and only the nobility, the clergy and the highest circles of the burgher class are allowed valuable textiles (in the latter cases in more discreet colors), and then only within the restrictions of customary dress, as the habit of adjusting to fashion had become more and more common, which worried the authorities who wished to have a permanent dress fashion for each class: this law is however not respected.Svenska folkets underbara öden / IV. Karl XI:s och Karl XII:s tid * Births * 4 ...
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Magnus Stenbock
Count Magnus Stenbock (22 May 1665 – 23 February 1717) was a Swedish field marshal ('' Fältmarskalk'') and Royal Councillor. A renowned commander of the Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a prominent member of the Stenbock family. He studied at Uppsala University and joined the Swedish Army during the Nine Years' War, where he participated in the Battle of Fleurus in 1690. After the battle, he was appointed lieutenant colonel, entered Holy Roman service as Adjutant General, and married Eva Magdalena Oxenstierna, daughter of statesman Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna. Returning to Swedish service he received colonelcy of a regiment in Wismar, and later became colonel of the Kalmar and then Dalarna regiments. During the Great Northern War, Stenbock served under King Charles XII in his military campaigns in the Baltic and Polish fronts. As director of the General War Commissariat, Stenbock collected substantial funds and supplies for the maintenance of th ...
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1647 In Sweden
Events from the year 1647 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina Events * March 14 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, Kingdom of France, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. * March 25 – In an incident that attracted attention, an orphan, , leads sixteen orphans from the ''Allmänna Barnhuset'' up to the royal palace, where she successfully demands to be given an audience with queen Christina and states in a complaint, that the children in the orphanage had been forced to beg on the streets to be given anything to eat.Byggnadskollegiets protokoll 27 mars 1647 (handskrift), Stockholms stadsarkiv Births * 18 April - Elias Brenner, painter, numismatist, and archeologist (died 1717 in Sweden, 1717) * July 29 - Carl Piper, politician (died 1716 in Sweden, 1716) Deaths * References

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Elias Brenner
Elias Brenner (18 April 1647 – 16 January 1717) was a Finnish born, Swedish artist, draftsman and antiquarian. He is especially known for his work as a portrait miniaturist and a numismatist. Biography Brenner was born in the parish of Storkyro in Ostrobothnia County, Finland. He was one of twenty children born to vicar Isaacus Henrici Brennerus and Susanna Werenberg. He first went to school in Nykarleby and Pori. In 1663, he was enrolled at Uppsala University where he first studied theology and later archeology. In 1668, he entered service as a draftsman in the Antiquity College (''Antikvitetskollegium'') which had been established at Uppsala by King Gustav II Adolf during 1667. He became a technical assistant and worked principally for Johan Hadorph (1630–1693) who was director-general of the Swedish National Heritage Board (''Riksantikvarieämbetet''). In 1673, he traveled along with Hadorph to join King Charles XI of Sweden on his extended Eriksgata which i ...
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Elisabeth Lillström
Elisabeth Lillström née ''Söderman'' (1717 – 4 April 1791) was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She was one of the first professional actresses in Sweden and a member of the pioneer generation of '' Kungliga svenska skådeplatsen'', the first national theater in '' Bollhuset'' in Stockholm, where she was one of the most prominent members.Byström, Tryggve, Svenska komedien 1737-1754: en studie i Stockholmsteaterns historia, Norstedt, Stockholm, 1981 She was the mother of Elisabeth Olin. Life The parentage of Elisabeth Lillström does not seem to be known. Her original surname is however known to be Söderman. She married the musician Petter Lillström (1714–1776), who is confirmed to be a member of the orchestra of the Bollhuset theater from at least 1744 onward (later as its conductor). Early career Elisabeth Lillström's employment at the theater illustrate the first beginning of the first professional actresses in Sweden. In 1737, the first ...
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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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1806 In Sweden
These are the collective events from the 18th century of the year 1806 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 6 November - Swedish defeat at Lübeck in the Franco-Swedish War. * - The constructing of the Södertälje Canal begun. * - The Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Swedish Ballet are closed down by the King and remain closed until 1809. * - The steam engine is introduced in Stockholm at the Eldkvarn gristmill.Andersson, Magnus (1997). Stockholms årsringar – En inblick i stadens framväxt (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. . * - Helena Ekblom becomes active as a preacher. Births * 22 January - Ludvig Manderström, Swedish - Norwegian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (died 1873) * 1 July - Clara Bonde, courtier (died 1899) * 14 August - Cecilia Fryxell, educator (died 1883) * 4 November - Anders Selinder, ballet master (died 1874) * Marie Kinnberg, photographer and painter (died 1858) Deaths * 22 August - Conrad Quensel, naturalist (b ...
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