1687 in Sweden

none in Sweden Events from the year 1687 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI Events Eric Dahlbergh becomes Governor of Jönköping County.Roling Bernd Boreas Rising: Antiquarianism and national narratives in 17th- and 18th-century Scandinavia Schirg Bernhard Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG July 8, 2019 9783110638042 117 en February 7  - The Arjeplog blasphemy trial begins against Erik Eskilsson and Amund Thorsson for maintaining their practice of Sami shamanism during the Christianization of the Sami.Kajsa Larsen (Swedish): Blad ur samernas historia(Pages from the history of the Sami) (1994) Both were acquitted of all charges after agreeing to convert to Christianity.May 2026 Midsommardagen (midsummer’s day), June 24th, 1867, an enormous copper mine in Falun collapsed while everyone was at the midsummer celebration, so it claimed no lives.An Evening in 1687 Visit Dalarna https://www.visitdalarna.se/en/do/events/evening-1687 2026-05-04 www.visitdalarna.se en Lasse Cock elected to Assembly.Chronology The Swedish Colonial Society https://colonialswedes.net/chronology/ 2026-05-04 en Births Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt, royal governess (died 1751) February 23 – Gustaf Otto Douglas, Swedish mercenary of Scottish descent (d. 1771)May 2026 October 17 – Frederick Coyett, Swedish noble and Dutch colonial administrator (b. 1615)May 2026 October 24 – Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (b. 1625)May 2026 December 29 – Canutus Hahn, Swedish bishop (b. 1633)May 2026 Deaths 24 October- Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, princess (born 1625) References 1687 Category:Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden