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1640 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1640 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Christina Events * Foundation of the University of Helsinki in the Swedish province of Finland. * The first theater in Stockholm, ''Björngårdsteatern'', is opened by Christian Thum. * * * * Births * Politician Anders Bengtsson was born in 1640. * * * * * Deaths * 29 May - Elisabet Juliana Banér, noble (born 1600) * November 27 - Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, politician (born 1587) * - Åke Henriksson Tott, soldier and politician (born 1598) * References External links Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Swedish Monarchs
This list records the Monarchy of Sweden, monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand years. The incumbent royal dynasty of Sweden is the House of Bernadotte, established on the throne in 1818. History There were organized political structures in Sweden before the kingdom was unified; based on archaeological evidence, early tribal societies are believed to have transitioned into organized chiefdoms in the first few centuries AD, perhaps spurred by contacts with the Roman Empire and the rest of Europe. In the period AD 500–800, Scandinavian societies began adopting cultural elements from the newly established Germanic kingdoms in Europe, transitioning further into petty kingdoms. Archaeological evidence suggests that were numerous petty kingdoms throughout modern-day Sweden. Foreign sources and later native sources descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina, Queen Of Sweden
Christina (; 18 December O.S. 8 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 8 December1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Monarchy of Sweden, Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Rome. Christina is remembered as one of the most erudite women of the 17th century, wanting Stockholm to become the "Athens of the North" and was given the special right to establish a university at will by the Peace of Westphalia. She is also remembered for her unconventional lifestyle and occasional adoption of masculine attire, which have been depicted frequently in media; gender and cultural identity are pivotal themes in many of her biographies. At the age of five, Christina succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death at the Battle of Lützen (1632), Battle of Lützen, though she only began ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander I of Russia, Tsar Alexander I. The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest university in Finland with a range of disciplines available. In 2022, around 31,000 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes. As of 1 August 2005, the university complies with the harmonized structure of the Europe-wide Bologna Process and offers bachelor, master, licenciate, and Doctorate, doctoral degrees. Admission to degree programmes is usually determined by entrance examinations, in the case of bachelor's degrees, and by prior degree results, in the case of master and postgraduate degrees. The university is bilingual, with teaching by law provided both in Finnish and Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björngårdsteatern
Björngårdsteatern ('Bear's Yard Theater'), also called Christian Thums Commedi-huus ('Christian Thum's Comedy-house') and Theums Spelehus ('Theum's Play-house'), was a theatre in Stockholm in Sweden, active between 1640 and 1655. It was possibly the oldest theatre in Scandinavia, but the information is scarce and it is unconfirmed if the theater permit was in fact used. It was in any event a popular tavern managed by Christian Thum. History In 1637, Christian Thum (d. 1655) bought the ''Björnegården'' ('Bear's Yard') at Södermalm at St Paulsgatan and Björnegårdsgatan in Stockholm. The house was named "Bears' Yard" because it was a local since long used for Blood sport and bear- baiting. Christian Thum was from Germany and had since 1628 been active in Sweden as the leader of a German theater company: from 1637 until 1645, he was the leader of the theater of the royal court of queen Christina of Sweden Christina (; 18 December ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Thum
Christian Thum also known as von Thum, Thumb, Theun and Thun (d. 1655), was a Swedish (originally German) actor and theater director. He belongs to the earliest identifiable professional actors active in Sweden, was the leader of the theater of the Swedish royal court in 1628-1645, and the founder of the likely first theater in Sweden and Scandinavia, '' Björngårdsteatern '' (1640).Gunilla Dahlberg: Komediantteatern i 1600-talets Stockholm (1992) Life Christian Thum was originally from Germany, but it is unknown from where. He himself stated that he had been active in Sweden since 1615, but he is confirmed as such for the first time in Kalmar in 1624. His son Christian von Thum was born around 1625 in Kalmar and would later become a still life painter, decorative painter, set painter, copyist, art agent and innkeeper.Christian von Thum at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Bengtsson
Anders Bengtsson (born 6 March 1968) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ... from 2002 to 2006. References Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Living people 1968 births Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Place of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabet Juliana Banér
Elisabet Juliana Banér (''née'' of Erbach; 22 January 1600 – 29 May 1640), was a German noble, married to the Swedish Field Marshal Johan Banér in 1636. She is considered to have wielded a certain influence upon Banér and the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. She was the daughter of George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg and his fourth wife, Countess Maria of Barby, Germany#History, Barby-Mühlingen. Life In Arolsen on 2 March 1620, Elisabeth Juliana married Count Georg Louis of Löwenstein-Wertheim, Löwenstein-Scharfeneck. They had two children: *Maria Christina (Padua, 20 November 1625 – Stockholm, 7 October 1672), married on 1 May 1644 to Gabriel Gabrielsson Oxenstierna, Count of Korsholm and Wasa; their daughter Christiana Oxenstierna, Christiana Juliana Oxenstierna was the center of a great social scandal when she married the non-noble vicar Nikolaus Bergius against her family’s consent. Her case caused a debate about the law for marriage between nobles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1600 In Germany
Events from the year 1600 in Germany. Births * Robert Roberthin * Albert Curtz * Joseph Heintz the Younger * Fryderyk Getkant * Susanna Mayr * Johann Schröder Deaths * Caspar Hennenberger Caspar Hennenberger (also Kaspar, Henneberger, Hennenberg, or Henneberg) (1529 – 29 February 1600) was a German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer. Hennenberger was born in a Franconian place given as Erlich ( Erlichhausen, or Ehr ... * Johann Major * Johann Wolff * Margaret Stuart * Jacob Heerbrand References {{Europe topic, 1600 in 1600s in the Holy Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna
Baron Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (15 June 1587 – 27 November 1640) was a Swedish statesman. Born either in Tyresö, Sweden, or in Reval (modern Tallinn, Estonia), he was the son of Privy Councillor Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke. As such he was brother of, among others, Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna. Career Oxenstierna began studying in Uppsala. He continued to study abroad, in German towns Rostock, Wittenberg and Jena. After his return to Sweden, he was in the service of King Charles IX from 1604. From 1612 he was chancellor and chief adviser of Duke John, son of former King John III. Also in 1612, Oxenstierna was appointed governor of Estonia. In 1617 he became a Privy Councillor and a marshal of the court of King Gustavus Adolphus. Being a close confidant of older brother Axel Oxenstierna (Lord High Chancellor 1612–1654) as well as of the king, Gabriel Oxenstierna was used as a diplomatic representative on numerous occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1587 In Sweden
Events from the year 1587 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – John III Events * - The '' Vadstena artiklar'' grants the King the right to appoint bishops and officials in the Duchies of the princes. * - A clerical meeting in Strängnäs confirm the ''Örebro artiklar'' and protest to the pro-Catholic liturgy of the King. * - The Swedish-born Crown Prince Sigismund III Vasa is elected King of Poland, * - The Royal Council forces the King and Crown Prince to agree to '' Kalmar stadgar'', which protects the independence of Sweden during the potential personal union between Sweden and Poland. Births * 15 June - Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, Lord High Steward of Sweden (died 1640) * 17 November - Louis De Geer (1587–1652), industrialist (died 1682) * 12 June - Gustav of Sweden, child of Charles IX (died in infancy) Deaths * References Years of the 16th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
