1792 in Sweden

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Last updated October 09, 2023

Events from the year 1792 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch – Gustav III then Gustav IV Adolf

Events

January - King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Gävle.
February - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved.
16 March - Assassination of Gustav III: Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated by Jakob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
29 March - Gustav III dies and are succeeded by his minor son, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, under the guardianship of his uncle, Duke Charles.
The Funeral of Gustav III
27 April – Jakob Johan Anckarström is executed for regicide in Stockholm.
July - Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm becomes a member of the guardian government and the de facto regent of Sweden.
20 December – The Marriage of Figaro is given for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm with Didrik Gabriel Björn and Eleonora Säfström.^[1]
The French Theater of Gustav III is dissolved.
Om det allmänna förståndets frihet by Thomas Thorild.
Thomas Thorild is exiled for revolutionary ideas.
Foundation of the Nationalmuseum.
Foundation of the school of Johanna Lohm.

Births

23 March – Carl Georg Brunius, art historian, archaeologist and architect (died 1869)
16 April - Ulla Stenberg, artist (died 1858)
24 July - Hedda Wrangel, composer (died 1833)
28 August – Karolina Bock, actress (died 1872)
Date unknown - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (died 1857)

Deaths

15 December – Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (born 1756)
8 November - Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, courtier (born 1753)

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The monarchy of Sweden is centered on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy and with a parliamentary system. There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th century during the reign of Gustav Vasa, though virtually all monarchs before that belonged to a limited and small number of families which are considered to be the royal dynasties of Sweden.

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Royal Swedish Opera is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Johan Anckarström</span> Assassin of Gustav III, military captain

Jacob Johan Anckarström was a Swedish military officer who is known as the assassin of King Gustav III of Sweden. He was convicted and executed for regicide.

The Queen's Tiara is a classic Swedish novel by Carl Jonas Love Almquist.

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References

↑ Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish)

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