1721 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
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Years:	1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724

Signing of the Treaty of Nystad

Events from the year 1721 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I

Events

• 15 April - A great fire in Gothenburg.
• 25 May - The Battle of Sundsvall during The Russian Pillage of 1719-1721.
• May to June - Hudiksvall, Härnösand, Piteå, Sundsvall, Söderhamn and Umeå are burned by the Russians during the The Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, but Gävle defended.
• - September 10 – The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War.
• - Den Gyldene Freden
• - The first theater performance is presented at the Bollhuset for fifteen years, since the theater is opened again after the war.
• - The Maria Ersdotter case.

Births

• - Catharina Elisabet Grubb, industrialist (died 1788)
• - Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

Deaths

• - Maria Ersdotter