1698 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1698 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch – Charles XII

12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace.

Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.

August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765)

28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770)

- Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733)

February - Anna Åkerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642)

23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628)

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