Events from the year 1737 in

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 ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

– Frederick I

Events

* * * * 4 October - The first professional Swedish language theatre is inaugurated at

Bollhuset Bollhuset, also called (The Big Ball House), (Ball House Theater), and Gamla Bollhuset (Old Ball House) at various times, was the name of the first theater in Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theater and the first real theater buildin ...

in Stockholm by the first group of professional Swedish stage actors, playing a translated French play. * October - The first Swedish satire play, '' Svenska Sprätthöken'' by

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 Member of Parliament and of the Royal Council, who ...

, is performed at the Swedish theatre at Bollhuset with

Beata Sabina Straas Beata Sabina Straas or Strass (died 1773) also known as Madame Åberg was a professional stage actress in Sweden. She was a member of the pioneer group of actors in the first Swedish national theatre of Bollhuset. Life Beata's birth year and ...

and

Peter Lindahl Peter Lindahl (1712 in Karlskrona – 19 December 1792 in Ånstad, Örebro), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He belonged to the most known of the pioneer generation of actors at the first Swedish theatre. He was the director of t ...

.Tryggve Byström (1981). Svenska komedien 1737-1754. Borås: Centraltryckeriet AB.

Births

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Deaths

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Gustaf Cronhielm Gustaf Cronhielm (18 July 1664, Stockholm – 3 June 1737) was a Swedish nobleman and politician. He was Governor of Västmanland County Västmanland County ( sv, Västmanlands län) is a county or ''län'' in central Sweden. It borders ...

, politician (died

1664 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral exactly once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+50(L)+10(X)+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1664). Events January–March * January 5 – In the Battle of Surat in India, the Maratha leader, Chhat ...

) * * -

Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna (27 October 1672–5 November 1737) was a Swedish countess, writer and translator. She was the daughter of count Christoffer Gyllenstierna and Gustava Juliana Oxenstierna and married in 1693 to count Karl Bonde of ...

, writer and translator *

References

Years of the 18th century in Sweden

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