1694 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1694 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• - Building of the Steninge Palace
• The Great Jewel Fraud against the Swedish National Bank is exposed, in which five women, around their leader Greta Duréel, are discovered to have stolen money for years through a deposition fraud. ^[1]

Births

• 28 October - Johan Helmich Roman, composer (died 1758)
• - Brigitta Sahlgren, industrialist (died 1771)

Deaths

• 22 August - Maria Sofia De la Gardie, industrialist (born 1627)
• July - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, soldier and lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle (born 1665)

Notes and References

1. Duréel, släkt, urn:sbl:17711, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2013-11-30.