1742 in Sweden

Events from the year 1742 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• Glass company Kosta Glasbruk (now known as Kosta Boda) is founded.
• 18 March - Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issued a manifesto to the people of Finland, suggesting a possibility of an autonomous Finnish state.
• June - Finland is occupied by Russia during the War of the Hats.
• 9 August - The Swedish forces in Finland surrender to the Russian army in Helsingfors (Helsinki).
• Empress Elizabeth I of Russia states that Sweden may have Finland back if her candidate in the election for an heir to the Swedish throne, Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp, is accepted.
• The Hats lose government power and are replaced by a government supported by the Caps.
• Anders Celsius construct the Celsius thermometer.
• Adelriks och Giöthildas äfwentyr by Jacob Henrik Mörk.

Births

• 28 July - Rutger Macklean, driving figure in the reorganization of agricultural lands (died 1816)
• 3 October - Anders Jahan Retzius, scientist (died 1821)
• Christina Krook, educator (died 1806)
• 9 December – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, chemist (died 1786)

Deaths

• 17 April – Arvid Horn, politician (born 1664)
• Lars Roberg, physician (born 1664)
• June 21 - Johannes Steuchius, arch bishop (born 1676)

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