1740 in Sweden

Events from the year 1740 in Sweden.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederick I

Events

- Foundation of the retirement fund Allmänna Änke- och Pupillkassan i Sverige for the destitute widows of civil servants, undermining widow conservation.
- The Christina Johansdotter case.
- The Hats (party) campaign for a war against the Empire of Russia with French support.
- An unsuccessful attempt is made to exile the King's mistress Hedvig Taube from the country.
December – Sagan om hästen by Olof von Dalin

Births

4 February – Carl Michael Bellman, poet, songwriter, composer and performer
7 September - Johan Tobias Sergel, neoclassical sculptor
8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer
16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician

Deaths

30 January – Amalia Königsmarck, dilettante artist, amateur actor, and poet
23 March - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, explorer, scientist
– Christina Johansdotter, murderer
date unknown – Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess