1762 in Sweden

Events from the year 1762 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

22 May - Treaty of Hamburg (1762). Peace between Sweden and Prussia with the mediation of the Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.Jägerskiöld, Olof (1945). Lovisa Ulrika. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. Libris 8074766 This was the end of the Seven Years War. 25 August – The first Drottningholm Palace Theatre burns down. The Hats lose political power in Sweden due to admitting defeat in the Seven Years War Elisabeth Christina von Linné publishes her discovery of the Tropaeolum majus. Menniskans elände, by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg

Births

7 October - Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818), official and courtier (died 1818)

- Christina Fredenheim, vocalist (died 1841)

Deaths

- Charles Langlois, actor and theater director (died 1692)

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