Timeline of Stockholm History - Swedish Empire

Swedish Empire

• 1602: Norrmalm is made an autonomous city.
• 1611: Gustavus II Adolphus becomes king.
• 1622: First preserved map of Stockholm dates from this year
• 1625: A devastating fire destroys the south-western part of Stadsholmen. A city plan for the area is produced the following year.
• 1630: Gustavus enters the Thirty Years' War.
• 1632: Gustavus dies at the Battle of Lützen.
• 1632–1644: Regency of Queen Christina led by Axel Oxenstierna.
• 1634: An Instrument of Government establishes the first Office of the Over-Governor of Stockholm (Överståthållarämbetet).
• 1635: Norrmalm is unified with Stockholm.
• 1636: An important reform renders the management of the city more efficient. Anders Torstensson begins working in Stockholm.
• 1637: Regulation of Norrmalm begins. The first public theatre, Björngårdsteatern, opens.
• 1639–40: Parts of Ladugårdslandet is donated to the city.
• 1640: Eastern part of Norrmalm is destroyed by fire. A city plan is quickly set up for the district.
• 1642: Regulation begins on Södermalm. A decision is taken to transfer Munklägret to the city.
• 1644: Eastern half of Kungsholmen is donated to the city.
• 1648: Peace of Westphalia grants Sweden considerable territories in the southern Baltic region.
• 1654: Queen Christina abdicates. Charles X of Sweden becomes king.
• 1665: Jean de la Vallée produces a plan for a street stretching from Gustav Adolfs Torg to Hagaparken (Sveavägen).
• 1661: Nicodemus Tessin the Elder becomes City Architect.
• 1667: The theatre of Bollhuset opens; first a court theatre, it becomes Public from the 1680s.
• 1697: The Royal Castle is destroyed in a fire.
• 1710: The last plague reach the city.