Events from the year 1680 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI
Events
Wedding between the King and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. In the Riksdagen 1680, Charles XI introduces absolute monarchy in Sweden by banning the council from making suggestions unless asked to bey the monarch. Great Reversion also served to curtail the political and economic influence of the nobility, further consolidating Charles XI’s absolute rule. During the Riksdag, the Great Reversion was introduced: The Baronies and Counties of the nobility, the donations from the foreign provinces, and all donations worth more than 600 silver a year was reverted to the crown, which led to the confiscation of about 80 percent of all the property donated from the crown to the high nobility during the 17th-century.Per Nyström: Ekonomisk frihet och rätt i svensk historia, in I folkets tjänst, artiklar i urval. Stockholm 1983.
Wenerid by Skogekär Bergbo.
Births
Deaths
10 June - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, statesman (born 1635) 2 September - Per Brahe the Younger, statesman (born 1602) Debora van der Plas, business person (born 1616)
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