1779 in Sweden

Events from the year 1779 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav III

Events

• Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol.
• The first theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, is inaugurated.

Births

• 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor (died 1838)
• 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848)
• 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839)
• Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834)
• 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858)
• Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809)

Deaths

• 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716)
• Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709)
• Jean François Beylon, courtier (born 1717)

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