1768 in Sweden

Events from the year 1768 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

12 December – The King lays down the government, which creates the December Crisis (1768), that cause the parliament to call the Riksdag of the Estates. 18 December – The monarch resumes the government. - The ecstatic religious movement of Karin Olofsdotter begins. - Publishing of the book "Architecture Navalis Mercatoria" by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman.

Births

- Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm, painter (died 1845)

Deaths

14 December - Ulla Tessin, courtier (born 1711)

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