1716 in Sweden

Events from the year 1716 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XII

Events

 * February – Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs.
 * 8 April – Swedish Wismar is taken.
 * 6 September – Charles XII makes Lund his base.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
 * - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.

Births

 * 30 January - Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796)
 * - Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779)
 * - Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784)
 * - Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789)
 * - Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795)

Deaths

 * - Carl Piper, politician  (born 1647)
 * - Carl Piper, politician  (born 1647)