1751 in Sweden

Events from the year 1751 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I then Adolf Frederick

Events

• January - Crown Prince Gustav is engaged to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.
• 25 March - Frederick I of Sweden are succeeded by Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden.
• 8 June - A great fire in Stockholm.
• 21 September – The final border between Sweden and Norway is recognized.
• 25 November – Coronation of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, and Queen Louisa Ulrika.
• The Lapp Codicil of 1751 defines the border between Sweden and Norway and secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between the borders.
• Axel Fredrik Cronstedt discovers nickel.
• Hönsgummans visa by Olaus Petri Carelius

Births

• 18 February – Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, painter (died 1811)
• 24 December - Lars von Engeström, diplomat (died 1826)
• 1 December – Johan Henric Kellgren, poet (died 1795)
• - Anna Rogel, charismatic preacher (died 1784)
• Charlotta Richardy, industrialist (died 1831)

Deaths

• 25 March - Frederick I of Sweden, monarch (born 1676)
• 3 August - Christopher Polhem, scientist, inventor and industrialist (born 1661)
• 8 March - Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, courtier (born 1687)

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