1642 in Sweden
Appearance
Years in Sweden: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s |
Years: | 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 |
Events from the year 1642 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- Battle of Schweidnitz.
- 23 October - Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi.
- The Poor Care Law of 1847.[1]
Births
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- 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709)
- Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698)
Deaths
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- Simon de la Vallée, French-Swedish architect (died 1590)
- Ebba Ryning, court official (born 1595)
- Christina Natt och Dag, court official (born 1580)
References
- ^ Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph.