Events from the year 1757 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- May - Sweden form an alliance with France and Austria against Prussia.
- 13 September - Sweden joins the Seven Years' War through the Pomeranian War.
- - A regulation is formed for the ongoing agricultural land reform Storskiftet.
- - People with epilepsy are banned from marrying.[1]
- - Blockade of Stralsund
- - Gustav Badin is presented as a gift to the Queen.
Births
- 16 March - Bengt Lidner, poet (died 1793)
- 29 March - Carl Axel Arrhenius, chemist (died 1824)
- 30 March - Sophie Piper, courtier (died 1816)
- 31 March - Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, royal favorite (died 1814)
- 14 July - Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand, minister and general (died 1834)
- 27 September – Henric Schartau, pietist (died 1825)
- 10 October - Erik Acharius, botanist (died 1819)
- Christina Fris, industrialist (died 1835)
Deaths
- Erland Broman, royal favorite (born 1704)
- Rika Maja, Sami shaman (born 1661)
References
- ^ Sverige 1900-talet – Oönskade i folkhemmet, NE, Bra Böcker, 2000
