1779_in_Sweden
1779 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1779
Events from the year 1779 in Sweden
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- Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol.
- The first theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, is inaugurated.[1]
- 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor (died 1838)
- 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848)
- 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839)
- Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834)
- 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858)
- Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809)
- 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716)
- Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709)
- Jean François Beylon, courtier (born 1717)