1697 in Sweden
Appearance
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Events from the year 1697 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles XI then Charles XII
Events
- In the spring, the Great Famine leave the streets of the capital littered with corpses, but later the year, the famine is finally over.[1]
- 5 April - Charles XI of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Charles XII of Sweden under the regency of his grandmother.
- May - The Royal residence in the capital, Tre Kronor (castle), burns down.
Births
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- Helena Arnell, painter (died 1751)
Deaths
- 5 April - Charles XI of Sweden, monarch (born 1655)
- 11 September - Agneta Rosenbröijer, noblewoman and businessperson (born 1620)
- - Karin Thomasdotter, vogt and länsman (born 1610)
- - Ebba Maria De la Gardie, singer and poet (born 1657)
References
- ^ Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399