Adolf Frederick, king of Sweden died after consuming a meal of lobster, sauerkraut, smoked herring, caviar & champagne, topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in hot milk. A weak ruler, his only apparent talent was to make snuffboxes.

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Snuffboxes with images of Prince Frederick, Duke of York (b.#OTD 1763) from the

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