1756 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1756 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- February - A conflict between the Riksdag and the King and the Queen result in the removal of the current governor of Crown Prince Gustav, who is replaced by a new one, appointed by the parliament.
- 26 May - The parliament begun to use a name stamp with the signature of the King, when the monarch refuses to sign papers of state.
- July - The Coup of 1756 of Queen Louisa Ulrika, in which she planned to replace the reinstate the absolute monarchy by the support of the Hovpartiet, is exposed.
- 23 July - Eight participants in the Queen's planned Coup d'état is executed in Stockholm.
- - The common Moonshine manufacturing of brännvin is banned.
- - Ban on the import of coffee.
- - Sweden and Denmark conduct an alliance at sea to protect the ships at the North Sea.
- - The Great awakening movement starts in the province of Finland, inspired by Lisa Eriksdotter.
- - En swensks tankar öfwer den 22 junii 1756. Sthlm 1756. by Elisabeth Stierncrona
Births
- 3 April – Carl Gustaf af Leopold, poet
- 23 April – Maria Elisabet de Broen, translator and theatre manager
- 20 June - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
- July 7- Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, politician and royal favorite
- 15 August – Olof Åhlström, composer
- 9 September – Christopher Christian Karsten, opera singer
- Date unknown - Brita Hagberg, war heroine
- Date unknown - Maria Katarina Öhrn, singer and actress
- Date unknown - Henrik Gustaf Ulfvenklou, mystic and medium
- Maria Nilsdotter i Ölmeskog, farmer and heroine
Deaths
- 24 June - Olof Celsius, botanist, philologist and clergyman
- 23 July - Johan Puke, participator in the Coup of 1756
- 23 July - Magnus Stålsvärd, participator in the Coup of 1756
- 23 July - Gustaf Jacob Horn, participator in the Coup of 1756
- 23 July - Erik Brahe, participator in the Coup of 1756