1642 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1642 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• Battle of Schweidnitz.
• 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi.
• The Beggar regulation of 1642 regulates the Swedish poor relief until the Poor Care Law of 1847.^[1]
• The village Bro, in Sweden, gains city rights for the second time.
• Nils Glydenstolpe, a prominent Swedish count, was born.
• Early witch trials occurred in Njurunda, Sweden. Two sisters, Elin and Sigrid, were suspected of witchcraft, and then prosecuted.^[2]

Births

• 5 November - Nils Gyldenstolpe (1642–1709), count, official and diplomat (died 1709)
• Anna Agriconia Åkerhielm, writer and traveller (died 1698)

Deaths

• Simon de la Vallée, French-Swedish architect (died 1590)
• Ebba Ryning, court official (born 1595)
• Christina Natt och Dag, court official (born 1580)

Notes and References

1. Elisabeth Engberg, I fattiga omständigheter. Fattigvårdens former och understödstagare i Skellefteå socken under 1800-talet. [In poor circumstances. Poor relief policy and paupers in Skellefteå parish, Sweden, in the nineteenth century] Umeå 2005, 368 pp. Monograph.
2. Web site: Swedish History - Hans Högman . 2024-10-10 . www.hhogman.se.