Events from the year 1711 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XII
Events
Great Northern War plague outbreak
The profession of midwifery is regulated and all future midwives are to be licensed by the Collegium Medicum after having been tutored by an already licensed midwife for a period of two years and passed the examination of a doctor before being allowed to practice their trade (until 1777, this applied only to the capital): the midwives are also banned from using instruments.Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige.. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag.
Births
5 March – Carl Gustaf Pilo, painter (died 1793)
23 May - Ulla Tessin, courtier (died 1768)
Niclas Gustaf Duncan, spy (died 1771) Françoise Marguerite Janiçon, writer (died 1789)
Deaths
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