1784 in Sweden

Events from the year 1784 in Sweden

Stora barnhuset 1784

Saint-Barthélemy

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav III

Events

• 1 July - Alliance treaty between Sweden and France: Sweden are given Saint-Barthélemy as a colony.
• August - Gustav III returns to Sweden.
• - Vänersborg Church is inaugurated.
• - The Illis Quorum is created.
• - Inauguration of the Stenborg Theatre.^[1]

Births

• March 24 - Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist (died 1864)
• 21 August - Charlotta Berger, writer (died 1852)
• 23 August - Henriette Löfman, composer (died 1836)
• 31 August - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer (died 1853)
• 15 October - Hans Olof Holmström, bishop (died 1855)
• 17 November - Julia Nyberg, poet (died 1854)
• 21 November - Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, painter (died 1833)

Deaths

• 14 February - Charlotta Löfgren, poet (born 1720)
• 12 March - Henrik af Trolle, commander (born 1730)
• 18 September - Georg Haupt, cabinet maker (born 1741)
• Brita Laurelia, publicist, book printer, and poet (born 1712)
• Helena Ehrenmalm, landowner (born 1730)