1716 in Sweden

• Monarch – Charles XII

• February – Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs.
• 8 April – Swedish Wismar is taken.
• 6 September – Charles XII makes Lund his base.
• - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.

• 30 January - Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796)
• - Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779)
• - Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784)
• - Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789)
• - Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795){{cite web |title=Catharina Helena Malheim |url=https://www.skbl.se/en/article/HelenaMalheim |website=skbl.se |access-date=26 March 2023}}

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• - Carl Piper, politician (born 1647)

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