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1647 in Sweden

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}}1647 in Sweden. Christina was the Queen of Sweden as the Thirty Years' War was coming to a close with the Peace of Westphalia being signed the following year. During this year Sweden's American colony of New Sweden continued its struggles with the neighbouring Dutch colony of New Netherland threatening the Swedish fur trade.{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Evan |date=8 May 2023 |title=America's Forgotten Swedish Colony |url=https://www.history.com/news/americas-forgotten-swedish-colony |website=HISTORY}}thumb

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  • March 14 – Sweden, France, and Bavaria sign the Truce of Ulm (which was eventually broken by Bavaria to assist Austria against Sweden and France) ending the Bavarian Campaign.{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=The Vicomte de Turenne |url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-vicomte-de-turenne/ |website=Warfare History Network}}
  • March 25 – In an incident that attracted attention, an orphan, {{ill|Elisabett Månsdåtter|sv}}, leads sixteen orphans from the Allmänna Barnhuset up to the royal palace, where she successfully demands to be given an audience with queen Christina and states in a complaint, that the children in the orphanage had been forced to beg on the streets to be given anything to eat.Byggnadskollegiets protokoll 27 mars 1647 (handskrift), Stockholms stadsarkiv
  • August 22 - During the Battle of Triebl, Imperial forces defeat the Swedes in a surprise attack in Bohemia.

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