1777 in Sweden

Events from the year 1777 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustav III

Events

7 June - Gustav III visits Catherine the Great in Russia. - The construction of the Strömsholm Canal begins. - The 1711 regulations of midwives, with demands of a license after approval of the medical authorities, until then in practice only enforced in the capital, are enforced in the entire country.Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag.

Births

15 June - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (died 1867) - Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström, miniaturist (died 1810) - Per Krafft the Younger, painter (died 1863) - Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar, folk singer (died 1846) Louise von Fersen, courtier (died 1849) Eva Fundin, actress and dancer (died 1800)

Deaths

6 April - Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder, knight and colonel (died 1729) 17 November - Johan Stålbom, painter (died 1712) Louise Du Londel, actor (born 1740) Ulrica Catharina Stromberg, courtier (born 1710)

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