1752 in Sweden

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Years in Sweden: 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755
Centuries: 17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
Years: 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755

Events from the year 1752 in Sweden:

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchAdolf Frederick

Events[]

  • The Riksdag of the Estates introduce a reform in which the Privy Council Chancellery is henceforth to be elected without the participation of the monarch.
  • The spinning schools which had been established through the 1739 reform are given government support, and medals are created for spinning mistresses to encourage the textile industry.[1]
  • The first modern hospital, Serafimerlasarettet, is founded.

Births[]

  • 8 September – Carl Stenborg, opera singer (died 1813)
  • 12 December – Nils von Rosenstein, civil servant and propagator for enlightenment thinking (died 1824)
    • Barbara Pauli, fashion trader and milliner (approximate year)

Deaths[]

  • 9 February Fredrik Hasselqvist, traveller and naturalist (born 1722)
    • Elisabet Fritz, industrialist
    • Christina Piper, politically active countess, builder and industrialist (born 1673)

References[]

  1. ^ Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013


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