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1636 In Sweden
Events from the year 1636 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Christina Events * Posten AB * Axel Oxenstierna return to Sweden. * Battle of Wittstock * All cities north of Stockholm and Åbo are prohibited from foreign trade. * Establishment of the ''Nya smedjegården''.Smedjegården in Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1917) * Births * * * * * * Deaths * February 3 - Petrus Kenicius, archbishop (born 1555) * Euphrosina Heldina von Dieffenau, royal governess and courtier (born unknown year) * Johannes Messenius, historian, dramatist and university professor (born 1579 Year 1579 ( MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * January 6 ...) * References Years of the 17th century in Sweden 1636 by country {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nya Smedjegården
''Smedjegården'' (literally: "Blacksmiths' Yard"), initially ''Nya smedje gården'' ("New Blacksmiths' Yard"), was a prison in Stockholm, in use between 1636 and 1896. The name was derived from a prison, similarly known as '' Smedjegården,'' in the dungeons of the royal castle '' Tre Kronor,'' in use until the castle was destroyed by fire in 1697. There the prisoners were made to labor in the castle's smithy. The ''Nya smedjegården'' was founded in 1636 at the street Drottninggatan in Stockholm. From 1664 onward, it was the site for prisoners awaiting death penalty in Stockholm. The building housed also a house of correction, an infamous torture chamber ''(Rosenkammaren),'' until the abolition of torture in 1772, and an orphanage ''( Allmänna Barnhuset)'' until 1886. Until 1849, the prison was used for both male and female prisoners—normally not kept separate from each other. Then ''Smedjegården'' was transformed into a women's prison. The institution was replaced in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |