Events from the year 1675 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles XI
Events
War between Sweden and the Netherlands. The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire. Scanian War Coronation of the King. The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility. Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service. June - 71 people are executed in the Torsåker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.
Births
January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian, and bishop. Died 1743. Born sometime around 1675 - Ingeborg Jonsdotter, married Olaus Persson and had 1 child, Per Olofsson. She died April 2, 1769.
Deaths
Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625) Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656) Brita Rosladin (born 1626)