1637 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1637 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• The first regulation of the Romani, Placat om Tatrarnes fördrifvande av landet, declare all Romani expelled from Sweden: all adult men are sentenced to death while women and children are to be hunted over the borders.^[1]
• Gese Wechel becomes the first female manager of the Swedish Post Office.

Births

• Axel Julius De la Gardie, field marshal and governor general (died 1710)
• Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, countess and landowner (died 1723)

Notes and References

1. Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996