1788 in Sweden

none in Sweden thumb|Desprez-Swedish war preparations 1788 thumb|Desprez - Battle of Hogland Events from the year 1788 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustav III Events 25 May - The Royal Dramatic Theatre is inaugurated in Bollhuset in Stockholm. 28 June - The outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90). 17 July - Battle of Hogland 8 August - Anjala conspiracy - Lovisa Augusti, Caroline Müller and Franziska Stading are inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. - The Sofia Albertina Church is completed. - Aurora Liljenroth graduates from a gymnasium (school), which is unique for a female and attracts a great deal of attention. - Count Adolph Ribbing and Baron Hans Henrik von Essen; the duel was held because Essen's proposal had been accepted by the father of a woman, the heiress Charlotta Eleonora De Geer, whom Ribbing had also proposed to and whom he believed to be in love with him. Essen was injured and Ribbing declared winner. The duel was regarded a scandal and a crime against the king. Cecilia af Klercker Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok II 1783-1788 (The diaries of Hedvig Elizabeth Charlotte II) P.A. Norstedt & Söners förlag 1903 212 Swedish Births June 2015 30 July - Kisamor, herbalist and natural doctor (died 1842) 3 September - Gustaf Erik Pasch, inventor and chemists (died 1862) - Brita Catharina Lidbeck, concert vocalist (died 1864) Deaths June 2015 - Bakelse-Jeanna, street seller and local profile (born 1702) References 1788 Category:Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden