1773 in Sweden

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Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg in Orpheus at Bollhuset.

Events from the year 1773 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchGustav III

Events[]

  • January 18 – The first opera performance in the Swedish language, , performed by Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin in Bollhuset, marks the establishment of the Royal Swedish Opera.[1]
  • August – Inauguration of the pleasure gardens Vauxhall (Gotheburg).
  • The Royal Swedish Ballet is founded.
  • The title Hovsångare is created by King Gustav III of Sweden, with the first recipients being Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg.
  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts is formally organized. Fifteen artists are accepted as members the same year, among them being Lorens Pasch the Younger and Ulrika Pasch.
  • A theater designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz is constructed for the royal court at Gripsholm Castle.
  • The population death rate doubles,[2] due to famine and dysentery caused by crop failures in the previous years.[3]
  • Mobilization of the army in the province of Finland because of a feared attack from the Empire of Russia.
  • De nymodiga fruntimren by Catharina Ahlgren.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • - Beata Sabina Straas, actress (born unknown date)

References[]

  1. ^ Forser Tomas, Heed Sven Åke, red (2007). Ny svensk teaterhistoria. 1, Teater före 1800. Hedemora: Gidlund. Libris 10415996. ISBN 978-91-7844-739-8 (inb.)
  2. ^ Roser, Max; Ritchie, Hannah; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (2013). "World Population Growth". Our World in Data. University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2015). "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536 - 1875" (PDF). Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; No. 138. Lund University. p. 19.


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