1639 in Sweden

none in Sweden thumb|Beata von Yxkull Events from the year 1639 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Christina, Queen of Sweden (under regency). Although Queen Christina was still a minor, her regency council (led by figures such as Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden) carried out Swedish ambitions both abroad and domestically. Events July 2015 14 April – Battle of Chemnitz took place near the town of Chemnitz, in what is now eastern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Banér inflicted a crushing defeat on Rodolfo Giovanni Marazzino who commanded the Saxons and an Imperial detachment.Wilson Peter Hamish The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy 2009 Harvard University Press Cambridge 9780674036345 614 https://books.google.com/books?id=XgtpAl8HzjcC&pg=PA614 18 March 2017 Hjälmare Canal (Swedish: Hjälmare kanal) officially taken into use. The Hjälmare Canal, Sweden's oldest canal, became operational. The canal connected Lake Hjälmaren to Lake Mälaren and was a major infrastructure project intended to transport iron abroad and bypass dangerous stretches of water. Case of Anna von Hintzen, a noble who flees Sweden to escape arrest of the murder of her servant. Births July 2015 5 January – Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, military officer (d. 1688) 21 January – Märta Berendes, courtier and diary writer (d. 1717) Deaths July 2015 17 December – Nils Turesson Bielke, statesman and military officer (b. 1569) Internal Affairs 1639 marked continued efforts within Sweden to strengthen administrative control and legal reforms. Queen Christina's regency council promoted the centralization of power to maintain stability and foster Sweden's growing influence. This period saw an emphasis on consolidating territories gained through the war and reinforcing governance structures at home.Roberts Michael The early Vasas: a history of Sweden, 1523 - 1611 1968 Univ. Press 978-0-521-06930-4 Cambridge References 1639 Category:Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden