1698 in Sweden
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Events from 1698 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XII
Events
- 12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace.
- Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.[1]
Births
- August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765)
- 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770)
- - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733)
Deaths
- February - Anna à kerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642)
- 23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628)
