1752 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1749   1750   1751   1752   1753   1754   1755
Centuries:	17th century  ·  18th century  ·  19th century
Decades:	1720s   1730s   1740s   1750s   1760s   1770s   1780s
Years:	1749   1750   1751   1752   1753   1754   1755

Events from the year 1752 in Sweden :

Incumbents

• Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

• The Riksdag of the Estates introduce a reform in which the Privy Council Chancellery is henceforth to be elected without the participation of the monarch.
• The spinning schools which had been established through the 1739 reform are given government support, and medals are created for spinning mistresses to encourage the textile industry. ^[1]
• The first modern hospital, Serafimerlasarettet , is founded.

Births

• 8 September – Carl Stenborg, opera singer (died 1813)
• 12 December – Nils von Rosenstein, civil servant and propagator for enlightenment thinking (died 1824)
  • Barbara Pauli, fashion trader and milliner (approximate year)

Deaths

• 9 February Fredrik Hasselqvist, traveller and naturalist (born 1722)
  • Elisabet Fritz, industrialist
  • Christina Piper, politically active countess, builder and industrialist (born 1673)

References

1. Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013