1726 in Sweden

Events from the year 1726 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Frederick I

Events

12 January - Conventicle Act (Sweden) 26 October - Women are formally allowed employment at the Kungliga Hovkapellet, the first officially employed females being Judith Fischer and Sophia Schröder.Gunhild Karle (2002). Kungl. Hovmusiken i Stockholm och dess utövare 1697-1771. Uppsala: TryckJouren. - Johann Konrad Dippel visit Sweden, after which Radical Pietism spreads rapidly. - The first Steam engine created in Sweden. - The Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar case.

Births

11 February - Margaretha Donner, business person (died 1774)

Deaths

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