1668 in Sweden

none in Sweden Events from the year 1668 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI Regency – Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Per Brahe the Younger, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Gustaf Otto Stenbock, Seved Bååth and Knut Kurck. Events January 28 – Lund University is officially inaugurated with great ceremony in Lund Cathedral on the King's name day.The history of Lund University https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/university-glance/history-lund-university Lund University 2026-01-30 April 25 – The Swedish Empire signs a treaty in Westminster to join England and the Dutch Republic in the Triple Alliance, a coalition formed to halt the expansion of Louis XIV of France during the War of DevolutionChartrand René The French Wars 1667–1714 Osprey Publishing 2002 978-1841763613 July – The Mora witch trial begins in Dalarna after accusations by a young shepherd girl, Gertrud Svensdotter. This marks the start of the "Great Noise" (Det stora oväsendet), a period of mass witch-hunt hysteria that lasted until 1676.The Swedish Witch Trials: How to Confront Dark Heritage https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/swedish-witch-trials-dark-heritage Smithsonian Folklife Magazine 2026-01-30 September 17 – Riksens Ständers Bank (The Bank of the Estates of the Realm), the oldest central bank in the world, is established in Stockholm to replace the failed Stockholms Banco.1668 - Sveriges Riksbank is founded https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/about-the-riksbank/history/historical-timeline/1600-1699/sveriges-riksbank-is-founded/ Sveriges Riksbank 2026-01-30 December 28 – The Swedish ambassador Fritz Cronman arrives in Moscow to represent the Swedish Empire at the court of the Russian Empire. Births April 14 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (died 1741). September 2 – Margareta von Ascheberg, Swedish noblewoman and land owner (died 1753). Sven Andersson, farmworker executed for sodomy (died 1691). Deaths June 2015 Count Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna (died 1668) August 28 – Axel Itze, Swedish military officer. Johan Palmstruch, founder of Stockholms Banco (born 1611). References 1668 Category:Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden