Events from the year 1724 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick I
Events
- Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia. - The Product Act ban all foreign ships to import products from any other nations than their own.Berättelser ur svenska historien (1885-1886) (läst 3 april 2011) - New law on schooling: all parents are obliged to learn their children read and write, or have teachers to do so. This law is in effect until 1807.
Births
16 January - Per Krafft the Elder, portraitist (died 1793)
10 July - Eva Ekeblad, scientist (died 1786)
- Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780)
Deaths
20 September - David von Krafft, painter (born 1655) - Urban Hjärne, chemist (born 1641)
- Beata Sparre, politically active courtier (born 1662)
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