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1637 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1637 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Christina
Events
The first regulation of the Romani, Placat om Tatrarnes fördrifvande av landet, declares all Romani expelled from Sweden: all adult men are sentenced to death while women and children are to be hunted over the borders.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
The last Duke of Pomerania Bogislaw XIV dies without a clear heir and leaves the duchy to the Swedish CrownWehrmann Genealogy of Ducal House of Pomerania 1937 Stettin
Johan Banér's host is forced to abandon their siege of Leipzig as an Imperial relief force nears the city, they pull back to Torgau before once more being forced to retreat to Pomerania due to fears of an encirclement
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus is made Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of SwedenSvenska Män och Kvinnor 1949 Swedish Men and Women
Gese Wechel becomes the first female manager of the Swedish Post Office.
The New Sweden Company is endorsed by the Swedish Government.National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Historical Background) https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/explorers/intro20.htm 2024-08-23 www.nps.gov
Peter Minuit from Holland sails with Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip to Delaware in order to create a settlement called New Sweden.National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Historical Background) https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/explorers/intro20.htm 2024-08-23 www.nps.gov
Births
Axel Julius De la Gardie, field marshal and governor general (died 1710)
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, countess and landowner (died 1723)
Catarina Wentin, Royal Midwife (Died 1707)
Petrus Aurivillius, theologian, philosopher and Rector at Uppsala University (died 1677)
Didrik Wrangel, Swedish cout and royal advisor (died 1706)Nordisk Familjebok 1893 1421 sv Book of Nordic families https://runeberg.org/nfaq/0715.html
Joel Gripenstierna, Swedish investor and civil servant, one of the richest men in Sweden at the time (died 1697)
Deaths
Peder Falck, Swedish Rittmaster ennobled 1626Adliga ätten Falck nr 156 https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Falck_nr_156 Adelsvapen
Hans Matthiæ, personal priest to the then Duke Charles IX of SwedenWesterlund Johan Alfred Setterdahl Johan Axel Linköpings stifts herdaminne III Linköping 1919
Didrik Yxhull, son of Hofmarschall Wollmar Yxhull
References
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