1722 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1722 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• - Women are banned from working in the Swedish Post office.^[1]

Births

• • 3 January - Fredrik Hasselqvist, naturalist and traveler (died 1752)
• 18 March - Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, courtier and royal favorite (died 1758)
• 23 December - Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel (died 1765)
  • - Anna Elisabeth Baer, ship owner (died 1799)

Notes and References

1. Ohlander, Ann-Sofie & Strömberg, Ulla-Britt, Tusen svenska kvinnoår: svensk kvinnohistoria från vikingatid till nutid, 3. (A Thousand Swedish Women's Years: Swedish Women's History from the Viking Age until now), [omarb. och utök.] uppl., Norstedts akademiska förlag, Stockholm, 2008