Events from the year 1780 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav III
Events
8 June – Henrik af Trolle is appointed general admiral and chief of the Swedish naval fleet. August – Sweden, Denmark-Norway and Russia conduct an alliance of neutrality against Great Britain's privateers.
Births
3 April – Abraham Rydberg, shipowner and philanthropist (d. 1845) 4 July – Sofia Hjärne, baroness (d. 1860) 15 July – Emilie Petersen, philanthropist (d. 1859) Bror Cederström, minister of war (d. 1877) Anna Carlström, licensed brothel owner (d. 1850)
Deaths
April 5 – Ulrika Strömfelt, Swedish courtier (b. 1724) Martin Nürenbach, stage artist and theater director (year of birth unknown) December - Johan Ihre, philologist and historical linguist.
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