1670 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1670 in Sweden

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Events

  • February 22 – Laurentius Stigzelius is appointed as the new Swedish archbishop. When he was ordained shortly afterwards by Bishop Enander in Linköping, it was the last time before 1914 that a Swedish archbishop was ordained (all archbishops between Stigzelius and Nathan Söderblom are already bishops at the time of accession).

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  • Six people decapitated for witchcraft in Kungsälv
  • The first sods are taken to Carlsburg at the mouth of the river Weser. The city is supposed to become a Swedish support point for trade competition, but the project fails
  • Ransäter's parish was created by breaking away from Övre Ullerud's parish.

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