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1725 in Sweden
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Other events of 1725
Timeline of Swedish history
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Events from the year 1725 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Frederick I
Events
Public bath houses are banned to prevent the spread of syphilis.
The new building of the Danviken Hospital is completed.Näsström, Gustaf (1951). 400 år på Danviken (in Swedish). Stockholm.
Inauguration of the Finnish Church, Stockholm.
Young sailor Erik Persson Ångerman is abducted and enslaved by corsairs in Algiers on May 10th. His wife appeals to King Frederick I to gather money to buy his freedom. The king grants her request.Östlund, J. (2014). Saltets pris: svenska slavar i Nordafrika och handeln i Medelhavet 1650-1770. Sverige: Nordic Academic Press. p. 60-61
Swedish count and politician Carl Gustaf Tessin is appointed ambassador to Vienna and becomes prominent in the Riksdag of the Estates.
Births
February 5 – Anna Maria Rückerschöld, cookery book author and social critic (died 1805)
Brita Ryy, educator (died 1783)
Anna Maria Brandel, industrialist (died 1799)
Deaths
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April 14 – Maria Romberg, convicted murderer (born 1697)
May 23 – Anna Maria Schmilau, tapestry artist
May 31 – Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, governor and admiral (born 1647)
References
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