Events from 1698 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XII
Events
12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace. Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.Robert K. Massie (1986). Peter the Great. p. 321 f. .
Births
August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765) 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770) - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733)
Deaths February - Anna Åkerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642) 23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628)
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