1792 in Sweden

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Anckaströms mask, knife and pistol

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The decorations at the funeral

Events from the year 1792 in Sweden

Events

• January - King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Gävle.
• February - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved.
• 16 March - Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated by Jakob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
• 29 March - Gustav III dies and are succeeded by his minor son, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, under the guardianship of his uncle, Duke Charles.
• The Funeral of Gustav III
• 27 April – Jakob Johan Anckarström is executed for regicide in Stockholm.
• July - Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm becomes a member of the guardian government and the de facto regent of Sweden.
• 20 December – The The Marriage of Figaro is given for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm with Didrik Gabriel Björn and Eleonora Säfström.
• - The French Theater of Gustav III is dissolved.
• - Om det allmänna förståndets frihet by Thomas Thorild.
• - Thomas Thorild is exiled for revolutionary ideas.
• - Foundation of the Nationalmuseum.
• - Foundation of the school of Johanna Lohm.

Births

• 23 March – Carl Georg Brunius, art historian, archaeologist and architect (died 1869)
• 16 April - Ulla Stenberg, artist (died 1858)
• 24 July - Hedda Wrangel, composer (died 1833)
• 28 August – Karolina Bock, actress (died 1872)
• Date unknown - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (died 1857)

Deaths

• 15 December – Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (born 1756)
• 8 November - Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, courtier (born 1753)