1685 in Sweden

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Painting of the future Karl XII of Sweden and his sister Princess Hedvig Sofia

Events from the year 1685 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles XI

Events[]

  • Jews are formally banned from residing in Sweden. As there is no Jewish minority in Sweden, the ban is in effect a ban against Jewish immigration.
  • The postal service are now finally, in practice, available in all the nation.
  • by Haquin Spegel
  • The Sami religion, which is still openly practiced, is officially outlawed and all evidence of such practice is liable to an arrest, which results in the final forced official conversion of the Sami people to Christianity.[1]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 24 September - Gustaf Otto Stenbock, politician and military (born 1614)

References[]

  1. ^ Grimberg, Carl : Svenska folkets underbara öden. 4, 1660-1707 (1959)


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