Events from the year 1654 in Sweden.
| Years in Sweden: | 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 |
Incumbents edit
- Monarch - Christina then Charles X Gustav
Events edit
- April - The 1654 Anglo-Swedish alliance is forged to offset the Danish-Dutch alliance.[1]
- 6 June - Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.
- 24 October - The wedding between Charles X Gustav and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.
Births edit
- 23 May - Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, architect (died 1728)
- 6 October - Johan Peringskiöld, antiquarian (died 1720)
- Anna Lohe, banker (died 1731)
Deaths edit
- 25 January - Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, courtier (born 1595)
- 28 August - Axel Oxenstierna, politician (born 1583)
- Louise van der Nooth, courtier (born 1630s)
References edit
- ^ Davenport, Frances Gardiner; Paullin, Charles Oscar (2004), European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., p. 43, ISBN 1-58477-422-3
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