1752 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1752 in Sweden:

Incumbents

• Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

• The Riksdag of the Estates introduce a reform in which the Privy Council Chancellery is henceforth to be elected without the participation of the monarch.
• The spinning schools which had been established through the 1739 reform are given government support, and medals are created for spinning mistresses to encourage the textile industry.^[1]
• The first modern hospital, Serafimerlasarettet, is founded.

Births

• 8 September – Carl Stenborg, opera singer (died 1813)
• 12 December – Nils von Rosenstein, civil servant and propagator for enlightenment thinking (died 1824)
  • Barbara Pauli, fashion trader and milliner (approximate year)

Deaths

• 9 February Fredrik Hasselqvist, traveller and naturalist (born 1722)
  • Elisabet Fritz, industrialist
  • Christina Piper, politically active countess, builder and industrialist (born 1673)

Notes and References

1. Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013