1719 in Sweden
Events from the year 1719 in Sweden
| Years in Sweden: | 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 | 
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century | 
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| Years: | 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 | 

Georg Engelhard Schröder - Ulrika Eleonora Queen of Sweden

Relief depicting the Russian atrocities during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, on the façade of a hotel in Södertälje.
Incumbents
    
    
Events
     
- * January - The Carolean Death March.
 - 23 January - The Riksdag of the Estates refuse the recognize Queen Ulrika Eleonora as monarch by inheritance, but agree to recognize her as monarch by election after she agrees to ratify a new constitution, Instrument of Government (1719), introducing a parliamentary system and a constitutional monarchy.
 - 27 January - The remains of Charles XII arrive to Karlberg Palace outside the capital.
 - 19 February - Queen Ulrika Eleonora signs the new constitution.
 - 19 February - The execution of Georg Heinrich von Görtz.
 - 21 February - The new constitution is applied and the absolute monarchy is thereby abolished.
 - 26 February - The burial of Charles XII.
 - 17 March - The coronation of Queen Ulrika Eleonora.
 - 10 April - Arvid Horn steps down as Privy Council Chancellery.
 - 15 May - Gustav Cronhielm appointed Privy Council Chancellery.
 - July to August - The Russian Pillage of 1719-1721.
 - 24 July - Nyköping is burned during the Russian Pillage of 1719–1721.
 - 13 August - The Russian unsuccessfully attacks Stockholm in the Battle of Stäket during the Russian Pillage of 1719–1721.
 - 19 August - Norrtälje is burned during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721
 - 9 November – Peace between Sweden and Hannover.
 - 9 December - Arvid Horn replace Gustav Cronhielm as Privy Council Chancellery.
 - - Formation of the Caps (party) and Hats (party).
 - - The Södermalm riots, one of the biggest riots in Stockholm history, originating from a fight in a brothel, spread in the poorer areas of Stockholm where it lasts for several days, resulting in a great deal of damage.[1]
 - - Boërosia by Nils Hufwedsson Dal
 
Births
    
- 5 April - Axel von Fersen the Elder, politician (died 1794)
 - - Petter Stenborg, actor and theater director (died 1781)
 - - Charlotta Sparre, courtier (died 1795)
 - - Christina Nyman, brewer (died 1795)
 
Deaths
    
- February 19 - Georg Heinrich von Görtz, diplomat and royal favorite (born 1688)
 - - Catharina Wallenstedt, letter writer (born 1627)
 
References
    
- Mats Berglund, Massans röst: upplopp och gatubråk i Stockholm 1719–1848, Studier i stads- och kommunhistoria 34
 
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