1671 in Sweden

Events from the year 1671 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• The King grants the nobility Court leet.
• The Sami drums is forcibly collected and burned during the ongoing Christianization of the Sami people.

Births

• Gustaf Adlerfelt, historical writer (died 1709)
• 9 July - Margareta von Ascheberg, acting colonel and landowner (died 1753)

Deaths

There is very little information on their death.

• Lars von der Linde (1640–1671) – A Swedish nobleman and military officer.
• Ture Gabriel Bielke (1624–1671) – A Swedish statesman and diplomat.
• Maria Sofia De la Gardie (1632–1671) – A Swedish noblewoman and the wife of the influential Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie.

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