1651 in Sweden

Events from the year 1651 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• Queen Christina declared her wish to abdicate in favor of her cousin, but is convinced not to.
• National Board of Trade (Sweden) is founded
• National law of hotels states that all hotels must have at least three bedrooms excluding that of the proprietor.
• The Queen's favorite Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie loses favor with the monarch.

Births

• Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, field marshal (died 1722)

Deaths

• 7 April - Lennart Torstensson, field marshal (born 1603)
• Arnold Johan Messenius, historian (born 1607)

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