1712 in Sweden

Events from the year 1712 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• 30 February 1712 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish calendar back to the Julian calendar.
• December 9 – Battle of Gadebusch: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony.
• The queen dowager's favorite Anna Catharina von Bärfelt is arrested and tried.

Births

• 31 March - Anders Johan von Höpken, politician (died 1789)
• July 19- Carl Fredrik Mennander, archbishop (died 1786)
• Peter Lindahl, actor (died 1792)
• Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (died 1750)
• Brita Laurelia, publicist, book printer, and poet (died 1784)

Deaths

• unknown - Juliana Schierberg, royal favorite (born year unknown)
• - Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm, Catholic convert (born 1649)

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