1687 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1687 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• Eric Dahlbergh becomes Governor of Jönköping County.^[1]
• The process against the Sami Erik Eskilsson for maintaining his Sami shamanism during the Christianization of the Sami.^[2]

Births

• Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, royal governess (died 1751)

Deaths

• 24 October- Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, princess (born 1625)

Notes and References

1. Book: Roling . Bernd . Boreas Rising: Antiquarianism and national narratives in 17th- and 18th-century Scandinavia . Schirg . Bernhard . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . July 8, 2019 . 9783110638042 . 117 . en.
2. Kajsa Larsen (Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia(Pages from the history of the Sami) (1994)