1758 in Sweden

Events from the year 1758 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

28 September - Battle of Fehrbellin (1758) 14 October - First issue of Norrköpings Tidningar.”Kungl. Bibliotekets elektroniska version av Bernhard Lundstedt Sveriges periodiska litteratur, post I:70” 26 September – Battle of Tornow, a Swedish-Prussian engagement during the ongoing Pomeranian War.

Births

12 February - Claës Fredrik Hornstedt, naturalist (died 1809)

30 August - Jonas Carl Linnerhielm, State Herald of Sweden, artist and writer (died 129) 3 December – Marie Louise Marcadet, opera singer and actress (died 1804) 31 December - Sophie Hagman, ballerina and royal mistress (died 1826)

Deaths

29 April - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Lieutenant General and war hero (born 1720) 20 May – Henric Benzelius, clergyman (born 1689)

26 October - Johan Helmich Roman, musician (born 1694) - Katarina Asplund, religious figure (born 1690) - Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, royal favorite (born 1722)

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