1724 in Sweden

Events from the year 1724 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick I

Events

 * - Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia.
 * - The Product Act ban all foreign ships to import products from any other nations than their own.
 * - New law on schooling: all parents are obliged to learn their children read and write, or have teachers to do so. This law is in effect until 1807.

Births

 * 16 January - Per Krafft the Elder, portraitist (died 1793)
 * 10 July - Eva Ekeblad, scientist  (died 1786)
 * - Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780)
 * 10 July - Eva Ekeblad, scientist  (died 1786)
 * - Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780)
 * - Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780)
 * - Ulrika Strömfelt, politically active courtier (died 1780)

Deaths

 * 20 September - David von Krafft, painter  (born 1655)
 * - Urban Hjärne, chemist (born 1641)
 * - Beata Sparre, politically active courtier (born 1662)
 * - Beata Sparre, politically active courtier (born 1662)
 * - Beata Sparre, politically active courtier (born 1662)