1777 in Sweden

Events from the year 1777 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III

Events

 * 7 June - Gustav III visit Catherine the Great in Russia.
 * - The construction of the Strömsholm Canal begins.
 * - The 1711 regulations of midwives, with demands of a license after approval of the medical authorities, until then in practice only enforced in the capital, are enforced in the entire country.

Births

 * 15 June - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (died 1867)
 * - Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström, miniaturist (died 1810)
 * - Per Krafft the Younger, painter (died 1863)
 * - Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar, folk singer (died 1846)
 * Louise von Fersen, courtier (died 1849)
 * Eva Fundin, actress and dancer (died 1800)

Deaths

 * 6 April - Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder, knight and colonel (died 1729)
 * 17 November - Johan Stålbom, painter (died 1712)
 * Louise Du Londel, actor (born 1740)
 * Ulrica Catharina Stromberg, courtier (born 1710)