Events from the year 1721 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick I
Events
15 April - A great fire in Gothenburg. 25 May - The Battle of Sundsvall during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721. May to June - Hudiksvall, Härnösand, Piteå, Sundsvall, Söderhamn and Umeå are burned by the Russians during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, but Gävle is successfully defended. 10 September – The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War. Den Gyldene Freden The first theater performance is presented at the Bollhuset for fifteen years, since the theater is opened again after the war. The Maria Ersdotter case.
Births Catharina Elisabet Grubb, industrialist (died 1788) Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, shipbuilder, scientist and officer (died 1808)
Deaths Maria Ersdotter, criminal (born 1685) Carl Morner, Swedish field marshal (born 1721) Margaretha Ehrensteen, nobewoman
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