1675 in Sweden

Events from the year 1675 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• War between Sweden and the Netherlands.
• The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
• June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
• War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire.
• Scanian War
• Coronation of the King.
• The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility.
• Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service.
• June - 71 people are executed in the TorsÃ¥ker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.

Births

• January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian, and bishop. Died 1743.
• Born sometime around 1675 - Ingeborg Jonsdotter, married Olaus Persson and had 1 child, Per Olofsson. She died April 2, 1769.

Deaths

• Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625)
• Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656)
• Brita Rosladin (born 1626)

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