1642 in Sweden

none in Sweden thumb thumb|Slussen 1642 Events from the year 1642 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Christina Events As part of the Thirty Years' War, Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, led the Swedish army in capturing Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, in June 1642. They destroyed many monuments, including the Hradisko Monastery, and rebuilt the city into a military fortress. Olomouc became the most important stronghold of Sweden during the Habsburg Monarchy.pavlovec.net Lennart Torstensson https://tourism.olomouc.eu/en/osobnosti/lennart-torstensson/ 2026-04-22 Olomouc Tourism cs Battle of Schweidnitz. 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi. Though the Dutch protested Swedish claims to the land on the Delaware river, they collaborated in early 1642 on evicting a group of sixty English citizens who had come to establish England's claim to the region.New Sweden: A Brief History Penn State University Libraries https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collections/unearthing-past-student-research-pennsylvania-history/new-sweden-brief-history 2026-04-22 libraries.psu.edu en New Sweden became the sole property of the Swedish government, who appointed Johan Printz as the colony's Governor. Printz set sail for New Sweden from Gothenburg the same year. The Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the Poor Care Law of 1847.Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph. The village Bro, in Sweden, gains city rights for the second time. Early witch trials occurred in Njurunda, Sweden. Two sisters, Elin and Sigrid, were suspected of witchcraft, and then prosecuted.Swedish History - Hans Högman https://www.hhogman.se/witch-trials-njurunda.htm 2024-10-10 www.hhogman.se Births July 2015 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709) Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698) Nils Glydenstolpe, a prominent Swedish count. Deaths July 2015 Simon de la Vallée, French-Swedish architect (died 1590) Ebba Ryning, court official (born 1595) Christina Natt och Dag, court official (born 1580) References 1642 Category:Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden