Events from the year 1781 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustav III

Events

24 January - Tolerance Act (Sweden)

- The French Theater of Gustav III is composed and inaugurated.

- Min son på galejan by Jacob Wallenberg. - Passionerna by Thomas Thorild.

Births

February 19 - Adolf Zethelius, silversmith, industrialist (died 1864) 19 August - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (died 1834)

26 September – Carl Fredrik af Wingård, politician and Lutheran clergyman (died 1851)

- Anna Maria Thalén, Swedish fashion trader (died 1851)

Deaths

21 December - Johan Henrik Scheffel, artist (born 1690) 12 September - Catharina Ebba Horn, royal mistress (born 1720)

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