1797 in Sweden

Events from the year 1797 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

• 6 October - Frederica of Baden and Gustav IV Adolf are married by proxy in Stralsund.

• 31 October - Frederica of Baden and Gustav IV Adolf’s marriage is solemnized in Stockholm’s Slottskyrkan.

Births

• 24 March – Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, later Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of Oscar I (d. 1876)
• 4 July - Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (died 1839)
• 15 July - Kloka Anna, cunning woman and medium (died 1860)
• 10 September – Karl Gustaf Mosander, chemist (died 1858)
• 28 September – Sophie von Knorring, writer (died 1848)
• Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (died 1867)

Deaths

• - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (born 1745)
• - Brita Sophia De la Gardie, actress and socialite (born 1713)

References