1748 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1748 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• - The King is no longer able to participate in politics because of health reasons, and a stamp with his signature is manufactured and used by the government of the Riksdag of the Estates.
• - The Royal Order of the Seraphim, Order of the Sword and Order of the Polar Star is created.
• - A new law disbands the privileges of all factories who cannot support themselves with the exception of private home manufacture.
• - The Romani are formally allowed to live in Sweden.^[1] The condition is however that they settle permanently and abandon their nomadic life style.
• - Eva Ekeblad is inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She is the first female member there.
• - A fund and a home is established for the support of widows and orphans of sailors.^[2]

Births

• • 27 February - Anders Sparrman, naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (died 1820)
• 5 March - Jonas Dryander, botanist (died 1810)
  • - Louis Masreliez, painter and interior designer (died 1810)
• - Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (died 1780)
• - Charlotte Manderström, courtier (died 1816)

Notes and References

1. Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
2. Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013