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1654 in Sweden
Events from the year
1654 in
Sweden
.
Incumbents
Monarch
-
Christina
then
Charles X Gustav
Events
April - The
1654 Anglo-Swedish alliance
is forged to offset the Danish-Dutch alliance.
6 June
-
Charles X Gustav
succeeds his cousin
Christina
on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a
Protestant
nation, secretly converts to
Catholicism
.
24 October
- The wedding between
Charles X Gustav
and
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
.
Births
23 May
-
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
, architect (died
1728
)
6 October
-
Johan Peringskiöld
, antiquarian (died
1720
)
Anna Lohe
, banker (died
1731
)
Deaths
25 January
-
Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud
, courtier (born
1595
)
28 August
-
Axel Oxenstierna
, politician (born
1583
)
Louise van der Nooth
, courtier (born 1630s)
References