1670 in Sweden explained
Events from the year 1670 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- February 22 – Laurentius Stigzelius is appointed as the new Swedish archbishop. When he was ordained shortly afterwards by Bishop Enander in Linköping, it was the last time before 1914 that a Swedish archbishop was ordained (all archbishops between Stigzelius and Nathan Söderblom are already bishops at the time of accession).
Unknown dates
- Six people decapitated for witchcraft in Kungsälv
- The first sods are taken to Carlsburg at the mouth of the river Weser. The city is supposed to become a Swedish support point for trade competition, but the project fails
- Ransäter's parish was created by breaking away from Övre Ullerud's parish.
Births
