1696 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1696 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• The Velthen Company perform in Stockholm.
• A repeated failed harvest results in the culmination and continuation of the Great Famine.^[1]
• Kalmar Nation at Lund University is first mentioned.
• Andreas Rudman and Erik Björck set sail in August of 1696 for America, with the intention of becoming minsters to congregations within the former colony of New Sweden and they arrived in early 1897. They brought with them translated copies of numerous religious texts.^{[2] [3]}

Births

• - Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg, princess (died 1777)

Deaths

• March - Jean de la Vallée, architect (born 1620)
• June - Greta Duréel, accomplice in the Great Jewel Fraud of the Swedish National Bank (born year unknown)

Notes and References

1. Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399
2. Web site: 399 (Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok / 6. P-Sheldon) . 2024-07-31 . runeberg.org . sv.
3. Book: Acrelius, Israel . A History of New Sweden . Historical Society of Pennsylvania . 1876 . 366 . Reynolds . William Morton.