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1685 in Sweden

1685 in Sweden

Sweden-related events during the year of 1685

Events from the year 1685 in Sweden

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Painting of the future Charles XII of Sweden and his sister Princess Hedvig Sofia

Incumbents

Events

  • Jews are formally banned from residing in Sweden. As there is no Jewish minority in Sweden, the ban is in effect a ban against Jewish immigration.
  • The postal service are now finally, in practice, available in all the nation.
  • Guds Werk och Hwila by Haquin Spegel
  • The Sami religion, which is still openly practiced, is officially outlawed and all evidence of such practice is liable to an arrest, which results in the final forced official conversion of the Sami people to Christianity.[1]

Births

Deaths

  • 24 September - Gustaf Otto Stenbock, politician and military (born 1614)
  • 8 June 1685 - Ulrik, Prince of Sweden (born 1684)
  • 26 April 1685 - Gustaf, Prince of Sweden (born 14 June 1683)
  • 22 October 1685 - Fredrick, Prince of Sweden (born 7 October 1685)

References

  1. [1]
    Grimberg, Carl : Svenska folkets underbara öden. 4, 1660-1707 (1959)


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