1681 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1681 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• The city of Sundsvall burns down.
• The court of the Great Reversion begins its activity and starts its confiscations of the property of the nobility.^[1]
• Twelve Jews convert to Christianity in the German Church in Stockholm, which attracts so great attention and propaganda value that the members of the royal family attends as witnesses.

Births

• Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, princess (died 1708)

Deaths

• Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, architect (born 1615)

Notes and References

1. Per Nyström: Ekonomisk frihet och rätt i svensk historia, in I folkets tjänst, artiklar i urval. Stockholm 1983.