1670 in Sweden

Events from the year 1670 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673
Centuries:	16th century · 17th century · 18th century
Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s
Years:	1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• February 22 – Laurentius Stigzelius is appointed as the new Swedish archbishop. When he was ordained shortly afterwards by Bishop Enander in Linköping, it was the last time before 1914 that a Swedish archbishop was ordained (all archbishops between Stigzelius and Nathan Söderblom are already bishops at the time of accession).

Unknown dates

• Six people decapitated for witchcraft in Kungsälv
• The first sods are taken to Carlsburg at the mouth of the river Weser. The city is supposed to become a Swedish support point for trade competition, but the project fails
• Ransäter's parish was created by breaking away from Övre Ullerud's parish.

Births

• 19 June - Olof Celsius, botanist, philologist (died 1756)
• 12 April - Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, prince (died 1731)

External links

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