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    Events from the year 1720 in Sweden Monarch – Ulrika Eleonora then Frederick I February 29 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband...
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    start of 1720, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 21 – Sweden and Prussia...
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  • The Treaties of Stockholm are two treaties signed in 1719 and 1720 that ended the war between Sweden and an alliance of Hanover and Prussia. Aspects of...
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    Frederick I (Swedish: Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718...
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    Treaty of Frederiksborg (category 1720 in Sweden)
    July 1720 (14 July 1720 according to the Gregorian calendar), ending the Great Northern War between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. The Danish-Swedish part...
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    XII and his Life and Death (in Swedish) BBC News item: Who killed Sweden's Warrior King? Timeline of 1700–1720 in Sweden "Charles XII" . The New Student's...
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  • 1720 års skråordning ('Guild Regulation of 1720') was a law reform introduced in Sweden in 1720. It replaced the 1669 års allmänna skråordning ('General...
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    1720 ("Music in Sweden. From Antiquity to the end of the Great power era 1720") (in Swedish) Löfgren, Lars (2003) Svensk teater (Swedish Theatre) (in...
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    be Sweden's fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika Eleonora) and the first since 1720. Her inheritance is secured by Sweden's 1979...
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    the Swedish-Hanoverian and Swedish-Prussian Treaties of Stockholm (1719), the Dano-Swedish Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720), and the Russo-Swedish Treaty...
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    Pomerania. Also in 1720, Sweden regained the remainder of its dominion in the Treaty of Frederiksborg, which had been lost to Denmark in 1715. In 1814, as a...
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    The 1720 Instrument of Government (Swedish: regeringsform) adopted on 2 May 1720 by the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish parliament), was the constitution...
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    Russian Pillage of 1719–1721 (category 1720 in Sweden)
    Pillage (Swedish: rysshärjningarna), is the name for the action of the Imperial Russian Fleet toward the Swedish civilian population along the Swedish east...
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    Scania (redirect from Scania, Sweden)
    In July 1720, a peace treaty between Sweden and Denmark again confirmed the status of Scania as part of Sweden. The endonym used in Swedish and other...
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    1720 under the title of Frederick I of Sweden. Sweden was, at the same time, converted into the most limited of monarchies. All power was vested in the...
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    Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike; 24 July 1720 – 16 July 1782) was Queen of Sweden from 1751 to 1771 as the wife...
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    Eleonora the Younger, reigned as Queen of Sweden from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of her husband Frederick. Following...
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    Battle of Grengam (category Conflicts in 1720)
    морское сражение, Swedish: Slaget vid Ledsund or Slaget vid Föglöfjärden), Finnish: Flisön taistelu of 1720 was the last major naval battle in the Great Northern...
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    The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it...
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    Denmark 1632-1654: Christina of Sweden 1718-1720: Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (Queen consort 1720-1741) List of Swedish monarchs List of Finnish consorts...
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    monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking...
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    Treaty of Nystad (category 1721 in Sweden)
    of present-day Finland). Sweden had settled with the other parties in Stockholm (1719 and 1720) and in Frederiksborg (1720). During the war Peter I of...
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  • The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. May...
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  • urban areas in Sweden as defined by Statistics Sweden on 31 December 2010. The official term used by Statistics Sweden is "locality" (Swedish: tätort) instead...
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    Women in Sweden has changed several times throughout the history of Sweden. These changes have been affected by the culture, religion and laws of Sweden, as...
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    The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout...
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    The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system...
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  • Constable of Sweden) or the Riksmarskalk (Marshal of the Realm), which were Great Officers of the Realm and royal appointees. Between approximately 1720 and 1772...
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  • A governor-general (Swedish: generalguvernör) was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative, with both civil and military jurisdiction...
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  • Wilhelm Sprengtporten (1794–1875), Swedish politician, son of Johan Vilhelm Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten (1720–1795), Swedish army officer and politician, brother...
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