1687 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1687 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- Eric Dahlbergh becomes Governor of Jönköping County.[1]
- February 7 - The Arjeplog blasphemy trial begins against Erik Eskilsson and Amund Thorsson for maintaining their practice of Sami shamanism during the Christianization of the Sami.[2] Both were acquitted of all charges after agreeing to convert to Christianity.
- Midsommardagen (midsummer’s day), June 24th, 1867, an enormous copper mine in Falun collapsed while everyone was at the midsummer celebration, so it claimed no lives.[3]
- Lasse Cock elected to Assembly.[4]
Births
- Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, royal governess (died 1751)
- February 23 – Gustaf Otto Douglas, Swedish mercenary of Scottish descent (d. 1771)
- October 17 – Frederick Coyett, Swedish noble and Dutch colonial administrator (b. 1615)
- October 24 – Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (b. 1625)
- December 29 – Canutus Hahn, Swedish bishop (b. 1633)
Deaths
- 24 October- Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, princess (born 1625)
References
- ↑ Roling, Bernd; Schirg, Bernhard (July 8, 2019). Boreas Rising: Antiquarianism and national narratives in 17th- and 18th-century Scandinavia. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 117. ISBN 9783110638042.
- ↑ Kajsa Larsen (Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia(Pages from the history of the Sami) (1994)
- ↑ "An Evening in 1687 | Visit Dalarna". www.visitdalarna.se. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
- ↑ "Chronology | The Swedish Colonial Society". Retrieved 2026-05-04.