1759 in Sweden

none in Sweden thumb|A map of the Great Stockholm Fire 1759.(North is downwards. The fire started near the sea Mälaren at the bottom of the map.) thumb|Stettiner Haff - Battle of 1759 Events from the year 1759 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events 10 September - Battle of Frisches Haff 19 July - The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 persons homeless.Lars Bergquist: Swedenborgs Hemlighet, Stockholm 1999. 91-27-06981-8 (in Swedish). - The Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and Letters is founded. - Vinterkväde by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg Births 1 March - Carl Pontus Gahn, Swedish military officer (died 1825) 2 March - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer (died 1833) 23 March - Anders Ljungstedt, historian (died 1835) 18 April – Thomas Thorild, poet, critic and philosopher (died 1808) 16 August – Carl Fredric von Breda, painter (died 1818) – Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (died 1807) - Charlotte Eckerman, opera singer and courtesan (died 1790) Johan Anton Lindqvist, theatre director (died 1833) Deaths June 2015 20 June – Margareta Capsia, painter (born 1682) References 1759 Category:Years of the 18th century in Sweden