1777 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1777 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav III

Events

• 7 June - Gustav III visit Catherine the Great in Russia.
• - The construction of the Strömsholm Canal begins.
• - The 1711 regulations of midwives, with demands of a license after approval of the medical authorities, until then in practice only enforced in the capital, are enforced in the entire country.^[1]

Births

• 15 June - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (died 1867)
• - Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström, miniaturist (died 1810)
• - Per Krafft the Younger, painter (died 1863)
• - Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar, folk singer (died 1846)
• Louise von Fersen, courtier (died 1849)
• Eva Fundin, actress and dancer (died 1800)

Deaths

• 6 April - Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder, knight and colonel (died 1729)
• 17 November - Johan Stålbom, painter (died 1712)
• Louise Du Londel, actor (born 1740)
• Ulrica Catharina Stromberg, courtier (born 1710)

Notes and References

1. Pia Höjeberg (2011). Jordemor. Barnmorska och barnaföderska. Barnafödandets historia i Sverige. Stockholm: Carlssons Bokförlag.