| Years in Sweden: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 | 
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| Years: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 | 
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.[1]
- - 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 (died 1795)
- 7 September - Johan Tobias Sergel, neoclassical sculptor (died 1814)
- 8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer (died 1828)
- 16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician (died 1819)
Deaths
- 30 January – Amalia Königsmarck, dilettante artist (painter), amateur actor, and poet (died 1663)
- 23 March - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, explorer, scientist (died 1660)
- – Christina Johansdotter, murderer
- date unknown – Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess (died 1689)
References
- ↑ Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 22. Possession – Retzia
External links
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