1779 in Sweden

Events from the year 1779 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III

Events

 * Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol.
 * The first theater in Gothenburg, Comediehuset, is inaugurated.

Births

 * 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor  (died 1838)
 * 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848)
 * 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839)
 * Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834)
 * 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858)
 * Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809)

Deaths

 * 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716)
 * Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709)
 * Jean François Beylon, courtier (born 1717)