1675 in Sweden

Events from the year 1675 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XI

Events

 * War between Sweden and the Netherlands.
 * The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
 * June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
 * War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire.
 * Scanian War
 * Coronation of the King.
 * The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility.
 * Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service.
 * June - 71 people are executed in the Torsåker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.

Births

 * January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian, and bishop. Died 1743.
 * Born sometime around 1675 - Ingeborg Jonsdotter, married Olaus Persson and had 1 child, Per Olofsson. She died April 2, 1769.

Deaths

 * Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625)
 * Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656)
 * Brita Rosladin (born 1626)