Historedia
Person

Anders Chydenius

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1766

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Anders Chydenius, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Swedish Law on the Freedom of Printing

    1766

    Role: Classical liberal member of parliament and Ostrobothnian priest, a driving force behind the act

    1. 1766 · Sweden, as a countryExclusions and Constitutional Limits

      The act left vocal opposition to the king and the Church of Sweden prosecutable, and noble opposition kept it out of the constitution.

    2. December 1766 · Sweden, where the act was passedPassage of the Law on the Freedom of Printing

      Sweden enacted the Freedom of the Press Act in 1766, abolishing censorship and becoming the first country with legally protected press freedom, aided by Anders Chydenius.

Sources

  1. Freedom of the press Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26