Events from the year 1746 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick I
Events - A new sumptuary law bans the use of hooped skirts wider than 4.5 ells.Julius Ejdenstam (Swedish): Från fikonlöv till jeans. [From fig leaves to jeans] Raben & Sjögren, Lund (1977) 9 December – Carl Gustaf Tessin succeed Carl Gyllenborg as Privy Council Chancellery. - Eva Ekeblad present the result of how to make flour and alcohol out of potatoes to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Births 24 January [O.S. 13 January] — Gustav III of Sweden, Monarch (d. 1792) 31 January [O.S. 20 January] — Pehr Hörberg, Artist, Painter and Musician (d. 1816) 24 February [O.S. 13 February] — Uno von Troil, Archbishop of Uppsala (d. 1803) 24 April [O.S.13 April] — Ulrika Fredrika Bremer, Ship owner, Merchant (d. 1798) 20 May [O.S. 9 May] — Andreas Berlin, Naturalist (d. 1773) 2 October [O.S. 21 September] — Peter Jacob Hjelm, Chemist, isolated the element Molybdenum (d. 1813) 24 October [O.S. 13 October] — Eric Ruuth, Nobleman, Governor-general of the Swedish Pomerania (d. 1820) 14 December [O.S. 3 December] — Julie Alix de la Fay, Ballerina (d. 1826) 1746 — Lovisa Simson, Theatre director (d. 1808) 1746 — Hedda Piper, Courtier (d. 1812) 1746 — Lars Regnér, Astronomer (d. 1810)
Deaths
9 December – Carl Gyllenborg, Politician, Statesman and Author (b. 1679)
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