1740 in Sweden

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Years in Sweden: 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743
Centuries: 17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743

Events from the year 1740 in Sweden.

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchFrederick I

Events[]

  • - Foundation of the retirement fund Allmänna Änke- och Pupillkassan i Sverige for the destitute widows of civil servants, undermining widow conservation.[1]
  • - The Christina Johansdotter case.
  • - The Hats (party) campaign for a war against the Empire of Russia with French support.
  • - An unsuccessful attempt is made to exile the King's mistress Hedvig Taube from the country.
  • December – by Olof von Dalin

Births[]

  • 4 February – Carl Michael Bellman, poet, songwriter, composer and performer (died 1795)
  • 7 September - Johan Tobias Sergel, neoclassical sculptor (died 1814)
  • 8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer (died 1828)
  • 16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician (died 1819)

Deaths[]

  • 30 January – Amalia Königsmarck, dilettante artist (painter), amateur actor, and poet (died 1663)
  • 23 March - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, explorer, scientist (died 1660)
  • Christina Johansdotter, murderer
  • date unknown – Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess (died 1689)

References[]

  1. ^ Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 22. Possession – Retzia

External links[]

Media related to 1740 in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons


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