Years in Sweden: | 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s |
Years: | 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 |
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Events from the year 1686 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Establishment of the 1686 års kyrkolag (1686 Church Law), which confirms and describes the rights of the Lutheran Church and confirms Sweden as a Lutheran state: all non-Lutherans are banned from immigration unless the convert to Lutheranism; the Romani people are to be incorporated to the Lutheran Church; the poor care law is regulated; and all parishes is forced by law to learn the children within it to read and write in order to learn the scripture, which closely eradicates illiteracy in Sweden.[1]
- A Commission is formed to create a new civil code, which eventually leads to the Civil Code of 1734.
- A new law regarding the rights of domestics is issued.
- A reform law allows unmarried women to testify and represent themselves in court despite being legally minors, as the law banning them from doing so is not respected by the courts.[2]
- A church regulation explicitly confirms the common custom of Widow Conservation by stating that a parish vicar is to be chosen first by those candidates willing to marry the widow or daughter of his predecessor. [3]
- The first Swedish language theater is inaugurated with the Dän Swänska Theatren in Lejonkulan.[4]
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 26 April - Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, politician and military (born 1622)
- 8 November - Anders Torstenson, member of the Privy Council, Governor-General of Estonia (born 1641)
- unknown - Ingierd Gunnarsdotter, folk ballad singer (died 1601)
References
[edit]- ^ Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
- ^ Ohlander, Ann-Sofie & Strömberg, Ulla-Britt, Tusen svenska kvinnoår: svensk kvinnohistoria från vikingatid till nutid, 3. (A Thousand Swedish Women's Years: Swedish Women's History from the Viking Age until now), [omarb. och utök.] uppl., Norstedts akademiska förlag, Stockholm, 2008
- ^ Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen: Kyrkomiljö på Jamtli (2007) Östersund (Swedish)
- ^ Dahlberg, Gunilla (1992). Komediantteatern i 1600-talets Stockholm. Stockholm: Komm. för Stockholmsforskning. ISBN 91-7031-038-6