1723 in Sweden

Events from the year 1723 in Sweden. == Incumbents == Monarch – Frederick I == Events == January – The Estates of the Realm is assembled. The party in favor of naming Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp as heir to the throne is strengthened, supported by the Empire of Russia. The Estates of the Realm passes a new Order on Parliamentary Proceedings, which will be a cornerstone of the Age of Liberty in Sweden. It is one of the fundamental laws of Sweden together with the Instrument of Government of 1719/1720. January – Frederick I tries, but fail, to strengthen the royal power against the parliament with the support of Hovpartiet, the Holstein Party fills the royal council with its followers, and Arvid Horn become a leading force within Swedish politics. 1 May - A great fire in Stockholm destroys the Katarina Church and a large part of the city around it. 17 October - A law is passed, in which the Riksdag of the Estates is granted power over the monarch and the royal council. - The farmers of the state are allowed to buy the land they use. - The Lutheran church begin to persecute Pietism, which is becoming popular in Sweden and spreading by the home coming Carolean soldiers from the Great Northern War. - A new educational law is passed were all parents are obliged ensure that their children knows how to read and write. - A French opera company, the Académie royale de musique (Stockholm), are employed to perform at Bollhuset. == Births == 5 April - Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie, countess and heroine, famed as a pioneer of vaccination and for preventing a witch trial (died 1763) 9 May - Pehr Osbeck, explorer, naturalist (died 1805) 11 October - Hedvig Strömfelt, psalm writer and a leading member of Moravian Church (died 1766) - Maria Carowsky, painter (died 1793) - Eva Merthen, war heroine (died 1811) Catharina Justander, Finnish (Swedish) pietist missionary (died 1778) == Deaths == Gabriel Stierncorna, baron and civil servant (born 1669) Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, countess and landowner (born 1637) == References ==