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1731 In Sweden
Events from the year 1731 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * - The Swedish East India Company is founded. * - The process against the sect '' Gråkoltarna'' in Stockholm. * - The Riksdag issues a strict sumptuary law: in an effort to benefit the economy and the production within the country, import of luxury goods is restricted by a number of reforms were rules are set up to dictate what amount of dishes are to be served at dinner or what sort of clothing are allowed according to class. The law becomes unpopular, results in an active spy activity among the public, and falls out of use after the change of government in 1738.Svenska folkets underbara öden / V. Karl XII:s tid från 1710 samt den äldre frihetstiden 1709-1739 * - The King enters into his notorious love affair with Hedvig Taube. * - The famous inn '' Clas på Hörnet'' is opened in Stockholm and becomes the perhaps most famed inn in Stockholm for the rest of the century. Births * 1 May - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Ostindiska Compagniets Lilla Sigill Från Sista Oktrojen 1806-1813
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: *Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) *Swedish Open (squash) *Swedish Open (darts) The Swedish Open is a darts tournament established in 1969, held in Malmà ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg
Count Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg (25 November 1731 – 30 March 1808) was a Swedish writer. Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg was born in Suinstad, Östergötland and died in Stockholm. He was one of the leading lights of Tankebyggarorden (Order of the Thought-builders), one of the earliest literary societies, which was founded by Carl Fredrik Eckleff Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of tel ....GUSTAF FREDRIK GYLLENBORG Litteraturbanken (Swedish) Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg was a son of the Reichsrat Johan Gyllenborg. From 1746 to 1747 he studied in Uppsala and then from 1748 to 1751 in Lund, on which latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1731 In Sweden
Events from the year 1731 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * - The Swedish East India Company is founded. * - The process against the sect '' Gråkoltarna'' in Stockholm. * - The Riksdag issues a strict sumptuary law: in an effort to benefit the economy and the production within the country, import of luxury goods is restricted by a number of reforms were rules are set up to dictate what amount of dishes are to be served at dinner or what sort of clothing are allowed according to class. The law becomes unpopular, results in an active spy activity among the public, and falls out of use after the change of government in 1738.Svenska folkets underbara öden / V. Karl XII:s tid från 1710 samt den äldre frihetstiden 1709-1739 * - The King enters into his notorious love affair with Hedvig Taube. * - The famous inn '' Clas på Hörnet'' is opened in Stockholm and becomes the perhaps most famed inn in Stockholm for the rest of the century. Births * 1 May - Gus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1679 In Sweden
Events from the year 1679 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * Treaties of Nijmegen * 19 June - Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) * 5 February 1679 (NS) / January 26, 1679 (OS) - Treaty of Celle * 16 September ( O.S.) / 26 September - The Peace of Lund ends the Scanian War between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire. * * ''Atlantica'' ('' Atland eller Manheim'' in Swedish) by Olaus Rudbeck, where he purported to prove that Sweden was Atlantis, the cradle of civilization, and Swedish the original language of Adam from which Latin and Hebrew had evolved.Auroux, Sylvain, ed. (2006). ''History of the Language Sciences: An International Handbook on the Evolution of Language Sciences''. Walter de Gruyter, , pp. 1125-1126. Births * 7 March - Carl Gyllenborg Count Carl Gyllenborg (7 March 1679 – 9 December 1746) was a Swedish statesman and author. Biography He was born in Stockholm, the son of Count Jacob Gyllenborg (1648-1701). His father was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Bromelius
Magnus Bromelius, ennobled Von Bromell, born in Stockholm in 1679, died in 1731, was a Swedish physician and paleontologist. He was the son of the physician and botanist Olof Bromelius and Agnes Svinhufvud af Qvalstad. Bromelius became a doctor of medicine in 1703 in Reims, and was appointed a member of the Collegium medicum in 1705. At the same time he inherited a considerable fortune, which allowed him to devote his time to enlarge the collections of natural objects, coins and medals, he inherited from his father. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy in Stockholm in 1716, but soon left for a position at Collegium medicum, where he became president in 1724. He was elevated in 1726 to nobility. Bromelius wrote many papers in numismatics, medicine and science. Some of them are contained in the "Acta Literaria et Scientiarum Sveciæ", including "Introduction to essential knowledge to recognize and order all sorts of rocks, metals and fossils, etc." (1730). According to Elias Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1654 In Sweden
Events from the year 1654 in Sweden. Incumbents *Monarch - Christina then Charles X Gustav Events * April - The 1654 Anglo-Swedish alliance is forged to offset the Danish-Dutch alliance.Davenport, Frances Gardiner; Paullin, Charles Oscar (2004), European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., p. 43, * 6 June - Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism. * 24 October - The wedding between Charles X Gustav and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Births * 23 May - Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, architect (died 1728) * 6 October - Johan Peringskiöld, antiquarian (died 1720) * Anna Lohe, banker (died 1731) Deaths * 25 January - Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, courtier (born 1595) * 28 August - Axel Oxenstierna, politician (born 1583) * Louise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lohe
Anna Lohe née Blume (1654 – 23 January 1731), was a Swedish banker. Life She was the daughter of Tobias Blume, a pastry maker of the royal Swedish court, and Anna Techlin. She married Johan Lohe (1643-1704) in 1673, with whom she had eighteen children. Her husband was one of the richest people in Sweden and managed a trading company, a shipping business, a sugar refinery and ironworks. However, he became most known for his banking business as a moneylender, by which he acquired an enormous fortune and counted the king of Sweden among his clients; he was ennobled in 1703. In 1704, Anna Lohe was widowed and took over the business of her late husband, including his banking business and his net of clients among the nobility and court. She was forced to defeat a contest of the will by her children, but won after four years. Considering the constant and growing great wealth of the family, she was evidently very successful. Anna Lohe was thus a prominent businesswoman and a powerf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1765 In Sweden
Events from the year 1765 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * * - Sweden forms an alliance with Russia and Denmark-Norway. * * * * October - A new government is formed by the Caps (party) with support from bribes from the Russian Empire and England, with the French spending more than two and a half million Swedish crowns to uphold the status quo held by the Hats. It was the first Caps government since 1738. * - The Anna Ekelöf case. Births * * * * - Julie Eckerman, courtesan and spy (died 1800) * - Sofia Liljegren, opera singer (died 1795) * 10 January - Adolph Ribbing, count and politician. He participated in the regicide of Gustav III of Sweden in 1792 (died 1843) * 10 June - Metta Fock, convicted murderer (died 1810) Deaths * * 1 August - Ulla Adlerfelt, painter (born 1736) * - Samuel Klingenstierna, mathematician and scientist (born 1698) * References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Christina Giers s.
Margareta Christina Giers (1731 – 12 November 1796) was a Swedish painter. She was born to vicar Eric Petter Giers and Brita Giring and married to professor Olof Murén. Most of her works are copies in gouache of paintings by the Old Master In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master")Old Masters De ... References *''Svenskt konstnärslexikon II'', p. 289, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. 1731 births 1796 deaths Swedish women painters[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In Sweden
Events from the year 1808 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 21 February - Finnish War * 2 May - Battle of Pulkkila * 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg * 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. * 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki * 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki * 27 April - Battle of Revolax * 28 April - Battle of Furuholm * 19–20 June - Battle of Lemo * August - Jämtland Campaign of 1808 * 27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta * 18 September - Battle of Palva Sund * 26–28 September - Helsinki village landing * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his ''Föreläsningar i Djurkemien''. * - Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1785 In Sweden
Events from the year 1785 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * - ''Enskiftet'' begins in Scania. * - ''The Barber of Seville'' is played for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm, with Christina Rahm and Kjell Waltman.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish) * - ' by Johan Fredric Bagge * - '' Passionerna'' by Thomas Thorild Births * 23 January – Carl Adolph Agardh, botanist (died 1859) * February - Anna Sundström, chemist (died 1871) * 6 May – Arvid August Afzelius, historian and mythologist (died 1871) * 5 October – Lasse-Maja, notorious criminal (died 1845) * – Mariana Koskull, royal mistress (died 1841) Deaths * 30 October – Gustaf Filip Creutz, diplomat and poet (born 1731) * 16 November – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, chemist and mineralogist (born 1709) * - Lovisa von Plat, brothel madam (unknown birthyear) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden ... [...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] |
