1698 in Sweden

Events from 1698 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• 12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace.
• Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.

Births

• August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765)
• 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770)
• - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733)

Deaths

• February - Anna Åkerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642)
• 23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628)

References