May – Charles XII issue peace negotiations with Russia on Åland, handled by Georg Heinrich von Görtz, in a hope to conquer the Danish province of Norway with Russian help.
29 August – 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland.
October 30 – Charles XII attacks Norway.
November 12 – Georg Heinrich von Görtz leaves the negotiations with Russia with a proposed peace treaty.
December 5 – The news of the death of Charles XII reaches Stockholm.
December 6 – Following the death of Charles XII on November 30, his sister Ulrika Eleonora proclaims herself Queen regnant of Sweden, as the news of her brother's death reaches Stockholm.
