1708 in Sweden

Events from the year 1708 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years:	1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711

Swedish plan on the battle

"Kgl. Academ[ien]s sjukhus", also known as the Nosocomium Academicum (in the Oxenstierna Palace), is seen to the right in this 1769 engraving by F. Akrelius. To the left the old chapter house, later used by the university and renamed Academia Carolina.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• 4 July – Swedish victory over Russia at the Battle of Holowczyn.
• The Uppsala University Hospital is founded.

Births

• 29 August – Olof von Dalin, poet (died 1763)
• - Sven Rosén (Pietist), Radical-Pietistic writer and leader (died 1751)

Deaths

• – Görwel Gyllenstierna, female duelist (born 1646)
• – Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, poet (born 1661)
• – Maria Jonae Palmgren, scholar, one of the first female college students (born 1630)
• 11 November – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, princess (born 1681)
• – Anna Maria Clodt, courtier

External links

Media related to 1708 in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons