• Source: 1740 in Sweden

Events from the year 1740 in Sweden.




Incumbents


Monarch – Frederick I




Events



- Foundation of the retirement fund Allmänna Änke- och Pupillkassan i Sverige for the destitute widows of civil servants, undermining widow conservation.
- 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 – Sagan om hästen 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






External links


Media related to 1740 in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons

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