1771 in Sweden

Events from the year 1771 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Adolf Frederick then Gustav III

Events

 * 12 February – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden dies, and are succeeded by Gustav III of Sweden (at the time on a visit to France).
 * 1 March - The news of the King's death reach Gustav III of Sweden in Paris.
 * 30 May - Gustav III of Sweden returns to Sweden as monarch.
 * 8 September – The Royal Swedish Academy of Music is created.
 * - The Du Londel Troupe is dissolved.
 * - Widespread famine in Sweden following a dry summer and then heavy rains during the late summer and fall, leading to widespread crop failures.
 * - The first newspaper in the Swedish province of Finland, Tidningar utgifne af et Sällskap i Åbo.
 * - Sweden and France creates an alliance.
 * - Foundation of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
 * - Foundation of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences.
 * - The notorious thief Jacob Guntlack is executed in the capital in front of thousands of spectators.

Births

 * 23 January – Elisabeth Forsselius, actress (died 1850)
 * Cajsa Wahllund, restaurateur (died 1843)
 * Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist, actress and singer (died 1800)
 * Marie Antoinette Petersén, musician (died 1855)
 * Charlotta Roos, fortune teller and medium (died 1809)
 * Anna Leonore König, singer (died 1854)
 * Ulrika Åberg, ballerina (died 1852)

Deaths

 * Niclas Gustaf Duncan, spy (born 1711)
 * - Jacob Guntlack, notorious thief (born 1744)
 * - Brigitta Sahlgren, industrialist (born 1694)