1747 in Sweden

Events from the year 1747 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years:	1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750

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Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• May - Alliance between Sweden and France; Sweden is to receive subsidies.
• May - Defense alliance between Sweden and Prussia.
• 5 December – Carl Gustaf Tessin President of the Riksdag.
• - The government of the Hats (party) has the physician of the monarch, A. Blackwell, executed for treason.
• - Pehr Kalm travel to North America.
• The Vadstena adliga jungfrustift begin its activity.

Births

• 26 March - Elis Schröderheim, politician (died 1795)
• - Adolf Ludvig Hamilton, politician, memoir writer (died 1802)
• 24 February - Ulla von Liewen, royal lover (died 1775)
• - Maria Aurora Uggla, royal favorite (died 1826)
• - Margareta Seuerling, actress (died 1820)
• 25 July - Johanna Lohm, educator (died 1834)
• Carl Johan Ingman, spy (died 1813)

Deaths

• 19 June – Jakob Benzelius, archbishop (born 1683)
• 8 August - Mårten Triewald, engineer and physicist (born 1691)

References

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