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1750 In Sweden
Events from the year 1750 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events Births * 18 July - Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ..., prince (died 1803 in Sweden, 1803) * 19 July - Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, poet (died 1818 in Sweden, 1818) * 8 October - Adam Afzelius, botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (died 1837 in Sweden, 1837) Deaths * 29 January - Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (born 1712 in Sweden, 1712) * 25 April - Olof Hiorter, astronomer (born 1696 in Sweden, 1696) * 17 May - Georg Engelhard Schröder, painter (born 1684 in Sweden, 1684) References External links 1750 in Sweden, Years of the 18th century in Sweden 1750 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Schröder
Sophia Schröder (Stockholm, 1712 – 29 January 1750) was a Swedish people, Swedish soprano, active as a concert vocalist at the royal orchestra, the ''Kungliga Hovkapellet'', at the royal Swedish court, the first of her gender to have been officially given such a position.Hovförsamlingen CI:3 1715-1766 (page 482) Life Sophia Schröder was born in Stockholm to German immigrants. On 26 October 1726, females were formally allowed to be employed at Kungliga Hovkapellet by a new direction from the monarch, although females had in fact unofficially been active at the Hovkapellet starting since Maria de Croll in 1702. The same year females were officially admitted, Schröder and her colleague Judith Fischer were formally employed as vocalists, and the following year, they replaced the two boys previously serving as sopranos. Together, they became historical as the first of their gender to have been officially employed in the then two-hundred-year-old history of the royal orchestra. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750 In Sweden
Events from the year 1750 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events Births * 18 July - Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ..., prince (died 1803 in Sweden, 1803) * 19 July - Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, poet (died 1818 in Sweden, 1818) * 8 October - Adam Afzelius, botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (died 1837 in Sweden, 1837) Deaths * 29 January - Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (born 1712 in Sweden, 1712) * 25 April - Olof Hiorter, astronomer (born 1696 in Sweden, 1696) * 17 May - Georg Engelhard Schröder, painter (born 1684 in Sweden, 1684) References External links 1750 in Sweden, Years of the 18th century in Sweden 1750 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 In Sweden
Events from the year 1684 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XI Events * * * * The religious process against the visionary Eva Margareta Frölich in Stockholm.Nordisk familjebok Births * Brigitta Scherzenfeldt, memoirist and weaving teacher who was captured during the Great Northern War and lived as a slave in the Dzungar Khanate in Central Asia (died 1736 in Sweden , 1736). * * * * Deaths * * * References 1684 in Sweden, Years of the 17th century in Sweden 1684 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Engelhard Schröder
Georg Engelhard Schröder (31 May 1684 – 17 May 1750), also spelled George Engelhardt Schroeder, was a Swedish painter. Life Early life Schroder's father, Veit Engelhard Schröder (died 1710), was a goldsmith from the German city of Nuremberg. In 1670 Veit and his wife Lucia Lindemeyer emigrated to Stockholm, where Georg was born fourteen years later. In his early years he studied under the painter David von Krafft (1655–1724), only leaving his studio in 1703 to travel abroad. In the following twenty-one years Schröder visited most of Europe. He began with time in northern Germany before moving to Italy, where he stayed five years in Venice, copying old masters, painting views of the city and coming into contact with the pastellist Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757). He next moved to Rome, where he was inspired by Baroque artists such as Carlo Dolci (1616–1686), Carlo Maratta (1625–1713) and Francesco Trevisani (1656–1746). He also used a quick and light style of drawing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1696 In Sweden
Events from the year 1696 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XI Events * The Velthen Company perform in Stockholm. * A repeated failed harvest results in the culmination and continuation of the Great Famine of Finland (1695–97), Great Famine.Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399 *Kalmar Nation, Lund, Kalmar Nation at Lund University is first mentioned. Births * - Henrietta Polyxena of Vasaborg, princess (died 1777 in Sweden , 1777) * * * * Deaths * March - Jean de la Vallée, architect (born 1620 in Sweden , 1620) * June - Greta Duréel, accomplice in the Great Jewel Fraud of the Swedish National Bank (born year unknown) * References 1696 in Sweden, Years of the 17th century in Sweden 1696 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Hiorter
Olof Petrus (or Peter) Hiorter (or Hjorter) (1696–1750) was a Swedish astronomer. After studying in the Netherlands, he was appointed lecturer at the University of Uppsala in 1732 to fill the vacant position of Anders Celsius then on his grand tour of European observatories. From 1737 onwards, he studied together with Celsius the aurora phenomenon and a number of astronomy subjects (solar eclipse, comet like the one of 1744, latitude measurements). Hiorter was the first to connect the aurora to magnetic disturbances. Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin was his pupil. Hiorter was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ... in 1745 and appointed ''Observator Regius'' - "Royal Astronomer" in 1747. Notes External links Olof Hiorter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1712 In Sweden
Events from the year 1712 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 30 February 1712 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the Swedish Calendar back to the Julian calendar. * December 9 – Battle of Gadebusch: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony. * * * * * * * The queen dowager's favorite Anna Catharina von Bärfelt is arrested and tried.Fabian Persson (1999). Servants of Fortune. The Swedish court between 1598 and 1721. Lund: Wallin & Dalholm. sid 192-93 Births * * 31 March - Anders Johan von Höpken, politician (died 1789) * July 19- Carl Fredrik Mennander, archbishop (died 1786) * Peter Lindahl, actor (died 1792) * Sophia Schröder, concert soprano (died 1750) * Brita Laurelia, publicist, book printer, and poet (died 1784) * Deaths * * * * unknown - Juliana Schierberg, royal favorite (born year unknown) * - Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm, Catholic convert (died 1649) References Years of the 18t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1837 In Sweden
Events from the year 1837 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XIV John of Sweden, Charles XIV John Events * January - The Cause célèbre murder of Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs chock the country.Gustafsson, Marie & Bustad, Andreas, Historien om Catharina Ulrica Hiort af Ornäs: "det hemska dådet på Ramsnäsholm", Lilla Ornäs förlag, Borlänge, 2012 * - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra begin her career as a religious visionary. * - The first issue of the ''Nya Wermlands-Tidningen'' * - Albert Bonniers förlag is founded. * - Stor-Stina starts her exhibition tours. * - ''Grannarne'' by Fredrika Bremer Births * 19 May – Pontus Wikner, lecturer in philosophy and professor of aesthetics (died 1888 in Sweden, 1888) * 30 July – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (died 1925 in Sweden, 1925) * Johanna Hedén, midwife (died 1912 in Sweden, 1912) * Maria Andersson (businesswoman) (died 1922 in Sweden, 1922) Deaths * 3 January - Christina Rahm, opera singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Afzelius
Adam Afzelius (8 October 175020 January 1837) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany. In 1793 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1800, Adam Afzelius became member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Between 1792 and 1796, as part of the Sierra Leone Company, he made two journeys to West Africa, where he reported on the geography, climate and natural resources of the region. While here, he also collected botanical specimens that were later acquired by Uppsala University.Afzelius, Adam (1750-1837) at JSTOR Global Plants In 1797-98 he acted as secretary of the Swedish |
1818 In Sweden
Events from the year 1818 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII then Charles XIV John Events * 5 February - King Charles XIII of Sweden dies and are succeeded by Charles XIV John of Sweden. * 11 May - The coronation of Charles XIV John of Sweden in Stockholm. * 7 September - The coronation of Charles XIV John of Sweden as Charles III John of Norway, in Christiana (now Oslo). * - Gustafva Lindskog are appointed instructor in the first class for physical education and Physical therapy for females in Sweden at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute (though formally, she was not given this position until 1849).Lindskog, släkt, urn:sbl:10658, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av CHC), hämtad 2014-08-16. * - Bodø affair Births * 16 January – C. V. A. Strandberg, poet (died 1877) * 18 May - Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, scholar of cultural history, librarian, theatre director, and diplomat (died 1889) * 27 May – Anton Niklas Sundberg, archbishop of Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
