1737 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1737 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• • • • 4 October - The first professional Swedish language theatre is inaugurated at Bollhuset in Stockholm by the first group of professional Swedish stage actors, playing a translated French play.^[1]
• October - The first Swedish satire play, Svenska Sprätthöken by Carl Gyllenborg, is performed at the Swedish theatre at Bollhuset with Beata Sabina Straas and Peter Lindahl.^[2]

Deaths

• • 3 June - Gustaf Cronhielm, politician (died 1664)
  • - Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna, writer and translator

Notes and References

1. Tryggve Byström (1981). Svenska komedien 1737-1754. Borås: Centraltryckeriet AB.
2. Tryggve Byström (1981). Svenska komedien 1737-1754. Borås: Centraltryckeriet AB.