Events from the year 1716 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XII
Events
February – Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs. April - Oslo conquered by Sweden. 8 April – Swedish Wismar is taken. 6 September – Charles XII makes Lund his base.
- Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
Births
30 January – Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796) – Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779) – Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784) – Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789) – Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795)
Deaths
– Carl Piper, politician (born 1647)
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