1693 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1693 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XI
Events
- - The Riksdag of the Estates is forced to confirm that the King and the Crown Prince has been granted their power from God and are answerable to no one.
- - A new law on schooling is introduced.
- The process against Lars Nilsson (shaman), who is sentenced to death for Paganism for being a follower of the Sami religion.[1]
Deaths
- 22 February - Henrik Horn, friherre, military, field marshal (1665), admiral (1677) and member of the Privy Council of Sweden (1677) (born 1618)
- 17 April - Rutger von Ascheberg, soldier, officer and civil servant (born 1621)
- - Lars Nilsson (shaman), Sami shaman (born unknown date)
- 26 July - Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen (born 1656)
- 9 October - Maria Elisabeth Stenbock, courtier
