1740 in Sweden

Events from the year 1740 in Sweden.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick I

Events

 * - Foundation of the retirement fund Allmänna Änke- och Pupillkassan i Sverige for the destitute widows of civil servants, undermining widow conservation.
 * - The Christina Johansdotter case.
 * - The Hats (party) campaign for a war against the Empire of Russia with French support.
 * - An unsuccessful attempt is made to exile the King's mistress Hedvig Taube from the country.
 * December – Sagan om hästen by Olof von Dalin
 * - The Hats (party) campaign for a war against the Empire of Russia with French support.
 * - An unsuccessful attempt is made to exile the King's mistress Hedvig Taube from the country.
 * December – Sagan om hästen by Olof von Dalin

Births

 * 4 February – Carl Michael Bellman, poet, songwriter, composer and performer (died 1795)
 * 7 September - Johan Tobias Sergel, neoclassical sculptor (died 1814)
 * 8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer (died 1828)
 * 16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician (died 1819)
 * 8 December – Elisabeth Olin, opera singer and a music composer (died 1828)
 * 16 December - Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, politician (died 1819)

Deaths

 * 30 January – Amalia Königsmarck, dilettante artist (painter), amateur actor, and poet  (died 1663)
 * 23 March - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, explorer, scientist (died 1660)
 * – Christina Johansdotter, murderer
 * date unknown – Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess (died 1689)
 * date unknown – Margareta Gyllenstierna, politically active countess (died 1689)