1797 in Sweden

Events from the year 1797 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

6 October - Frederica of Baden and Gustav IV Adolf are married by proxy in Stralsund.

31 October - Frederica of Baden and Gustav IV Adolf’s marriage is solemnized in Stockholm’s Slottskyrkan.

Births 24 March – Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, later Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of Oscar I (d. 1876) 4 July - Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (died 1839) 15 July - Kloka Anna, cunning woman and medium (died 1860) 10 September – Karl Gustaf Mosander, chemist (died 1858) 28 September – Sophie von Knorring, writer (died 1848) Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (died 1867)

Deaths

- Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (born 1745) - Brita Sophia De la Gardie, actress and socialite (born 1713)

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