Events from the year 1789 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

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Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...

Events

* 7 January – Johan Henrik Hästesko is arrested for involvement in the

Anjala conspiracy The Anjala conspiracy ( sv, Anjalaförbundet, fi, Anjalan liitto) of 1788 was a scheme by disgruntled Swedish officers to end Gustav III's Russian War of 1788–1790. Declaring Finland an independent state was not a part of the original plot, ...

. * January – King Gustav III summon the

Riksdag of the Estates Riksdag of the Estates ( sv, Riksens ständer; informally sv, Ståndsriksdagen) was the name used for the Estates of Sweden when they were assembled. Until its dissolution in 1866, the institution was the highest authority in Sweden next to t ...

to Stockholm. * 21 February – King Gustav III has three of four estates pass to the

Union and Security Act The Union and Security Act ( sv, Förenings- och säkerhetsakten, fi, Yhdistys- ja vakuuskirja), alternatively Act of Union and Security, was proposed by king Gustav III of Sweden to the assembled Estates of the Realm during the Riksdag of 1789. I ...

against the will of the nobility. * April - The

is dissolved. * A group supported by

Princess Charlotte Princess Charlotte may refer to: People * Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1694–1715), wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia and mother of Tsar Peter II, Emperor of Russia * Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700–1761), wife of ...

, Princess Sophia Albertina,

Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

and

Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm Baron Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (7 July 1756 in Sjundeå, Nyland, Sweden (now Finland) – 27 December 1813 in Schleswig), was a Swedish statesman. He acted as the de facto regent of Sweden during the minor regency of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden be ...

attempts to use the discontent among to nobility toward the war and the

to depose the King in favor of his brother Duke Charles, but fail. * May - The Supreme Court of Sweden is founded. * 12 May - Stjärnorp Castle burns down. * 13 June - Battle of Porrassalmi * 28 June - Battle of Uttismalm * 21 July - Battle of Parkumäki * 26 July -

Battle of Öland (1789) The naval Battle of Öland took place on 26 July 1789 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90). Background The Swedish battlefleet had spent the winter at Karlskrona which was struck by relapsing fever epidemic during the stay. Epidemic had st ...

* 24 August -

First Battle of Svensksund The First Battle of Svensksund, also known as the First Battle of Rochensalm from the Russian version of the Finnish: ''Ruotsinsalmi'', was a naval battle fought in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, outside the present-day city of Kotka, o ...

* A large group of female members of the court and aristocracy, led by the examples of

, Princess Sophia Albertina and

Jeanna von Lantingshausen Johanna "Jeanna" von Lantingshausen, née von Stockenström, (1753–1809), was a Swedish noble and courtier. She is foremost known as the instigator of the political demonstration by the noblewomen toward Gustav III in opposition of his parliament ...

, unleash a social boycott of the monarch in protest of the

.Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; Bonde Carl Carlson (1907). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok. 3, 1789-1792. Stockholm: Norstedt. Libris 8207714 * The

Swedish National Debt Office The Swedish National Debt Office ( sv, Riksgäldskontoret or shortly ''Riksgälden'') was founded by Gustav III at the Riksdag of the Estates in 1789, through the Act of union and security. It is a Swedish Government agency. The first task of the ...

is founded. * The privileges of the nobility from 1723 is abolished. * The peasantry of the state are allowed to hunt freely. * The award ''

För tapperhet i fält För tapperhet i fält ("For Valour in the Field") and För tapperhet till sjöss ("For Valour at Sea") are two Swedish military medals awarded to officers and soldiers of the Swedish Armed Forces who have—as the medal names suggest&mdash ...

'' is introduced. * Summer - The Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte Conspiracy to depose the king is instigated, but discontinued, at court.

Births

* 3 January - Martina von Schwerin, Lady of letters, salonist and culture personality (died 1) * - Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, painter (died

1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...

) * - Johanna Hård, pirate (died 1851)

Deaths

* 9 May – Anders Johan von Höpken, politician (born

1712 In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day (Friday, February 30) Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturda ...

) * 25 May –

Anders Dahl Anders (or Andreas) Dahl (17 March 1751 in Varnhem, Västergötland – 25 May 1789) was a Swedish botanist and student of Carl Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him. Early life and education Andreas (Anders) Dahl was the son of Chri ...

, botanist (born 1751) * - Françoise Marguerite Janiçon, writer (born 1711) * - Hedvig Löfwenskiöld, poet (born 1736)

References

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