1721 in Sweden

Events from the year 1721 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick I

Events

 * 15 April - A great fire in Gothenburg.
 * 25 May - The Battle of Sundsvall during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721.
 * May to June - Hudiksvall, Härnösand, Piteå, Sundsvall, Söderhamn and Umeå are burned by the Russians during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, but Gävle is successfully defended.
 * - September 10 – The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War.
 * Den Gyldene Freden
 * The first theater performance is presented at the Bollhuset for fifteen years, since the theater is opened again after the war.
 * The Maria Ersdotter case.

Births

 * Catharina Elisabet Grubb, industrialist (died 1788)
 * Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, shipbuilder, scientist and officer (died 1808)

Deaths

 * Maria Ersdotter, criminal (born 1685)