1689 in Sweden

The following events occurred in the year 1689 in Sweden:

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• - The Riksdag of the Estates grant the monarch the right to taxation during war.
• - Opposition from the Riksdag to the monarch is deemed Lèse-majesté.
• - Helicons Blomster by Lasse Lucidor.
• - Husqvarna Group is founded.
• - Alliance between Sweden and Lüneburg toward Denmark.

Births

• - Lars Gathenhielm, pirate and royal privateer (died 1718)
• unknown - Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess (died 1740)

Deaths

• 24 February - Elsa Elisabeth Brahe, duchess (born 1632)
• - Christina, Queen of Sweden, former monarch (born 1626)
• - Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, duke (born 1629)

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