1675 in Sweden
Events from the year 1675 in Sweden
| Years in Sweden: | 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 | 
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century | 
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s | 
| Years: | 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 | 

Bengt horn

The memorial stone of the Torsåker witch trials from 1675.
Incumbents
    
    
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.[1]
 
Births
    
- January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian and bishop (died 1743)
 
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)
 
References
    
- Alf Åberg, Häxorna. De stora trolldomsprocesserna i Sverige 1668–1676, Esselte studium. (1989)
 
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