1721_in_Sweden
1721 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1721
Events from the year 1721 in Sweden
- 15 April - A great fire in Gothenburg.
- 25 May - The Battle of Sundsvall during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721.
- May to June - Hudiksvall, Härnösand, Piteå, Sundsvall, Söderhamn and Umeå are burned by the Russians during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, but Gävle is successfully defended.
- - September 10 – The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War.
- Den Gyldene Freden
- The first theater performance is presented at the Bollhuset for fifteen years, since the theater is opened again after the war.
- The Maria Ersdotter case.
- Catharina Elisabet Grubb, industrialist (died 1788)
- Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, shipbuilder, scientist and officer (died 1808)
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- Maria Ersdotter, criminal (born 1685)