1756 in Sweden

Events from the year 1756 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Adolf Frederick

Events

 * February - A conflict between the Riksdag and the King and the Queen result in the removal of the current governor of Crown Prince Gustav, who is replaced by a new one, appointed by the parliament.
 * 26 May - The parliament begun to use a name stamp with the signature of the King, when the monarch refuses to sign papers of state.
 * July - The Coup of 1756 of Queen Louisa Ulrika, in which she planned to replace the reinstate the absolute monarchy by the support of the Hovpartiet, is exposed.
 * 23 July - Eight participants in the Queen's planned Coup d'état is executed in Stockholm.
 * - The common Moonshine manufacturing of brännvin is banned.
 * - Ban on the import of coffee.
 * - Sweden and Denmark conduct an alliance at sea to protect the ships at the North Sea.
 * - The Great awakening movement starts in the province of Finland, inspired by Lisa Eriksdotter.
 * - En swensks tankar öfwer den 22 junii 1756. Sthlm 1756. by Elisabeth Stierncrona

Births

 * 3 April – Carl Gustaf af Leopold,  poet  (died 1829)
 * 23 April –  Maria Elisabet de Broen, translator and theatre manager (died 1809)
 * 20 June - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (died 1792)
 * July 7- Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, politician and royal favorite (died 1813)
 * 15 August – Olof Åhlström, composer (died 1835)
 * 9 September – Christopher Christian Karsten, opera singer (died 1827)
 * Date unknown - Brita Hagberg, war heroine (died 1825)
 * Date unknown - Maria Katarina Öhrn, singer and actress (died 1783)
 * Date unknown - Henrik Gustaf Ulfvenklou, mystic and medium  (died 1819)
 * Maria Nilsdotter i Ölmeskog, farmer and heroine (died 1822)

Deaths

 * 24 June - Olof Celsius, botanist, philologist and clergyman
 * 23 July - Johan Puke, participator in the Coup of 1756
 * 23 July - Magnus Stålsvärd, participator in the Coup of 1756
 * 23 July - Gustaf Jacob Horn, participator in the Coup of 1756
 * 23 July - Erik Brahe, participator in the Coup of 1756