Events from the year 1672 in Sweden

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XI

Events

  • Alliance between Sweden and France.
  • The King is declared to legal majority, and the regency government is thereby dissolved.
  • Hervarar saga by Olof Verelius.
  • Sten Nilsson Bielke is appointed Lord High Treasurer of Sweden.
  • Carlsburg, Weser

Births

  • 27 October - Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna, writer (died 1737)
  • Hedvig Mörner, politically influential countess (died 1753)

Deaths

  • Agneta Horn, memoir writer (died 1629)
  • Georg Stiernhielm, linguist and poet (died 1598)
  • Märet Jonsdotter, alleged witch (born 1644)

References



Sweden by Covens & Mortier Sanderus Antique Maps Antique Map

A New and Accurate Map of Sweden. Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Kingdom of Sweden (16111718) Wiki Atlas of World History Wiki

Sweden in 1660 Stormakt, Karta, Finland

Swedish Empire at its height in Europe 1658. r/sweden