1740 in Sweden
Events from the year 1740 in Sweden.
Incumbents
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