Events from the year 1742 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick I
Events
Glass company Kosta Glasbruk (now known as Kosta Boda) is founded. 18 March - Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issued a manifesto to the people of Finland, suggesting a possibility of an autonomous Finnish state. June - Finland is occupied by Russia during the War of the Hats. 9 August - The Swedish forces in Finland surrender to the Russian army in Helsingfors (Helsinki). Empress Elizabeth I of Russia states that Sweden may have Finland back if her candidate in the election for an heir to the Swedish throne, Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp, is accepted. The Hats lose government power and are replaced by a government supported by the Caps. Anders Celsius construct the Celsius thermometer. Adelriks och Giöthildas äfwentyr by Jacob Henrik Mörk.
Births 28 July - Rutger Macklean, driving figure in the reorganization of agricultural lands (died 1816) 3 October - Anders Jahan Retzius, scientist (died 1821) Christina Krook, educator (died 1806) 9 December – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, chemist (died 1786)
Deaths 17 April – Arvid Horn, politician (born 1664) Lars Roberg, physician (born 1664) June 21 - Johannes Steuchius, arch bishop (born 1676)
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