1689 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• - The Riksdag of the Estates grant the monarch the right to taxation during war.
• - Opposition from the Riksdag to the monarch is deemed Lèse-majesté.
• - Helicons Blomster by Lasse Lucidor.
• - Husqvarna Group is founded.
• - Alliance between Sweden and Lüneburg toward Denmark.

Births

• - Lars Gathenhielm, pirate and royal privateer
• unknown - Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess

Deaths

• 24 February - Elsa Elisabeth Brahe, duchess
• - Christina, Queen of Sweden, former monarch
• - Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, duke