1708 in Sweden

Events from the year 1708 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• 1 January - Sweden begins to invade Russia
• 4 July – Swedish victory over Russia at the Battle of Holowczyn.
• The Uppsala University Hospital is founded.

Births

• 29 August – Olof von Dalin, poet (died 1763)
• - Sven Rosén (Pietist), Radical-Pietistic writer and leader (died 1751)

Deaths

• – Görwel Gyllenstierna, female duelist (born 1646)
• – Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, poet (born 1661)
• – Maria Jonae Palmgren, scholar, one of the first female college students (born 1630)
• 11 November – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, princess (born 1681)
• – Anna Maria Clodt, courtier

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