Events from the year 1651 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christina
Events
- Queen Christina declared her wish to abdicate in favor of her cousin, but is convinced not to.
- National Board of Trade (Sweden) is founded
- National law of hotels states that all hotels must have at least three bedrooms excluding that of the proprietor.
- The Queen's favorite Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie loses favor with the monarch.
Births
- Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, field marshal (died 1722)
Deaths
- 7 April - Lennart Torstensson, field marshal (born 1603)
- Arnold Johan Messenius, historian (born 1607)
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