1693 in Sweden

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Miniature portrait of Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, Queen of Sweden 1680-1693 - Google Art Project

Events from the year 1693 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles XI

Events[]

  • - The Riksdag of the Estates is forced to confirm that the King and the Crown Prince has been granted their power from God and are answerable to no one.
  • - A new law on schooling is introduced.
  • The process against Lars Nilsson (shaman), who is sentenced to death for Paganism for being a follower of the Sami religion.[1]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 22 February - Henrik Horn, friherre, military, field marshal (1665), admiral (1677) and member of the Privy Council of Sweden (1677) (born 1618)
  • 17 April - Rutger von Ascheberg, soldier, officer and civil servant (born 1621)
  • - Lars Nilsson (shaman), Sami shaman (born unknown date)
  • 26 July - Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen (born 1656)
  • 9 October - Maria Elisabeth Stenbock, courtier

References[]

  1. ^ Kajsa Larsen (In Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia (Pages from the history of the Sami) 1994
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