1711 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1711 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• Great Northern War plague outbreak
  • • • • • The profession of midwifery is regulated and all future midwives are to be licensed by the Collegium Medicum after having been tutored by an already licensed midwife for a period of two years and passed the examination of a doctor before being allowed to practice their trade (until 1777, this applied only to the capital): the midwives are also banned from using instruments.^[1]

Births

• 5 March – Carl Gustaf Pilo, painter (died 1793)
  • • • 23 May - Ulla Tessin, courtier (died 1768)
  • Niclas Gustaf Duncan, spy (died 1771)
• Françoise Marguerite Janiçon, writer (died 1789)

Notes and References

1. Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige.. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag.