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1680 in Sweden

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1680 in Sweden

Events from the year 1680 in Sweden

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XI

    • Events

  • - Wedding between the King and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
  • - In the Riksdagen 1680, Charles XI introduces absolute monarchy in Sweden by banning the council from making suggestions unless asked to bey the monarch.
  • - During the Riksdag, the Great Reversion is introduced: The Baronies and Counties of the nobility, the donations from the foreign provinces, and all donations worth more than 600 silver a year is reverted to the crown, which leads to the confiscation of about 80 percent of all the property donated from the crown to the high nobility during the 17th-century.
  • - Wenerid by Skogekär Bergbo.

    • Deaths

  • 10 June - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, statesman (born 1635)
  • 2 September - Per Brahe the Younger, statesman (born 1602)
  • - Debora van der Plas, business person (born 1616)

    • References

    1680 in Sweden Wikipedia
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