1780 in Sweden

Events from the year 1780 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav III

Events

• 8 June – Henrik af Trolle is appointed general admiral and chief of the Swedish naval fleet.
• August – Sweden, Denmark-Norway and Russia conduct an alliance of neutrality against Great Britain's privateers.

Births

• 3 April – , shipowner and philanthropist (d. 1845)
• 4 July – Sofia Hjärne, baroness (d. 1860)
• 15 July – Emilie Petersen, philanthropist (d. 1859)
• Bror Cederström, minister of war (d. 1877)
• Anna Carlström, licensed brothel owner (d. 1850)

Deaths

• April 5 – Ulrika Strömfelt, Swedish courtier (b. 1724)
• Martin Nürenbach, stage artist and theater director (year of birth unknown)

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