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1781 In Sweden
Events from the year 1781 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * * 24 January - Tolerance Act (Sweden) * * * * - The French Theater of Gustav III is composed and inaugurated. * * - '' Min son på galejan'' by Jacob Wallenberg. * - '' Passionerna'' by Thomas Thorild. Births * * February 19 - Adolf Zethelius, silversmith, industrialist (died 1864) * 19 August - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (died 1834) * * 26 September – Carl Fredrik af Wingård, politician and Lutheran clergyman (died 1851) * * - Anna Maria Thalén, Swedish fashion trader (died 1851) Deaths * * * * 21 December - Johan Henrik Scheffel, artist (born 1690) * 12 September - Catharina Ebba Horn, royal mistress (born 1720) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden 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 Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 In Sweden
Events from the year 1834 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The famous coffee house '' Tysta Mari'' is opened in Stockholm. * - First issue of the paper ''Västerviks-Tidningen'' * - ''Drottningens juvelsmycke'' by Carl Jonas Love Almquist. * - '' Presidentens döttrar'' by Fredrika Bremer. Births * 13 February - Alfred Wahlberg, painter (died 1906) * 23 April - Adolf Hedin, publisher, and politician (died 1905) * 1 March - Hildegard Werner, musical conductor and a journalist (died 1911) * Ottilia Littmarck, actress (died 1929) Deaths * 16 June - Giovanna Bassi, ballerina (born 1762) * - Johanna Lohm, educator (born 1747) * - Charlotta Aurora De Geer, courtier (born 1779) * - Ulrika Melin, artist (born 1767) * - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (born 1781) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1781 In Sweden
Events from the year 1781 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * * 24 January - Tolerance Act (Sweden) * * * * - The French Theater of Gustav III is composed and inaugurated. * * - '' Min son på galejan'' by Jacob Wallenberg. * - '' Passionerna'' by Thomas Thorild. Births * * February 19 - Adolf Zethelius, silversmith, industrialist (died 1864) * 19 August - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (died 1834) * * 26 September – Carl Fredrik af Wingård, politician and Lutheran clergyman (died 1851) * * - Anna Maria Thalén, Swedish fashion trader (died 1851) Deaths * * * * 21 December - Johan Henrik Scheffel, artist (born 1690) * 12 September - Catharina Ebba Horn, royal mistress (born 1720) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden 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 Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720 In Sweden
Events from the year 1720 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora then Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I Events * February 29 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III of England, William III and Mary II of England, Mary II in Britain, but as the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead. * March 24 – The Riksdag of the Estates elects Frederick I new King of Sweden. * 22 April – Arvid Horn elected president of the Privy Council Chancellery of Sweden, Privy Council Chancellery. * 2 May - A new constitution is passed were the government power passes from the monarch to the council. * 3 May - Coronation of Frederick I. * 3 July - Peace between Sweden and Denmark in the Treaty of Frederiksborg. * 27 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharina Ebba Horn
Catharina Ebba Horn af Åminne, (27 May 1720 – 12 September 1781 in Jakobsberg), was a Swedish noble and the second official royal mistress of King Frederick I of Sweden from 1745 to 1748. She was one of two official royal mistresses in Sweden. She had no influence over state affairs, but she did patronise careers through her powerful connections and her position. Biography Background Catharina Ebba Horn was born the child of the Colonel Baron Krister Horn and Anna Regina Sjöblad. She was the sister of Count Fredric Horn af Åminne (1725-1796) and Gustaf Adolf Horn af Åminne (1721-1793). When the official mistress of the king, Hedvig Taube, died in 1744 the royal court was in search for a replacement. The king had at this point a bad reputation because of his open and frequent use of prostitutes from the streets and his alcoholism. However, the fact that he had made Hedvig Taube an official mistress had set an example. Catharina Horn was unmarried at an age when most women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1690 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * * * Births * - Malcolm Sinclair (Swedish nobleman), officer, nobleman and envoy (died 1739) * 9 April - Johan Henrik Scheffel, artist (died 1781) * - Katarina Asplund, pietist (died 1758) * * Deaths * - Gustaf Düben, organist and composer (born 1628) * - Johannes Gezelius the elder, bishop (born 1615) * References External links Years of the 17th century in Sweden 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Henrik Scheffel
Johan Henrik Scheffel (9 April 1690 - 21 December 1781) was a Swedish artist. He became known for his portraits of Carl von Linné, Christopher Polhem and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht ( Stockholm, Sweden, 28 November 1718 – Stockholm, Sweden, 29 June 1763) was a Swedish poet, feminist and salon hostess. Biography She was the youngest of five children of the wealthy official Anders Ander .... References Swedish artists 1690 births 1781 deaths {{Sweden-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Thalén
Anna Maria Thalén (1781-1851) was a Swedish fashion trader. She belonged to the leading in her profession in early 19th-century Stockholm and are mentioned in contemporary memoirs and diary literature. Anna Maria Thalén was married to the candle manufacturer Vilhelm Casper Thalén. She is referred to as "Fashion maker or Fashion trader", milliner and trader of accessories. Officially, she sold accessories and a number of fashion items such as shawls and feathers, repaired, remade and washed such items, and provided her clients with the names of seamstresses and other fashion workers with whom she worked. This profession was a result of the fact that seamstresses worked in a grey zone prior to '' the abolition of the guilds in 1846'' and formally only allowed to repair and remake old clothes so as not to intrude upon the taylors' guild privilege, while in practice, they were both tolerated by the authorities and favored by the clients. In the 1820s, Thalén reportedly managed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 In Sweden
Events from the year 1851 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * 11 June - The radical author Carl Jonas Love Almqvist fled to USA. * - The hospital Ersta diakoni is built in Stockholm by Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess) as the leader of the first deaconesses in Sweden.A Maria Cederschiöld, urn:sbl:14717, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av O. Centerwall.), hämtad 2015-03-10. * - Inauguration of the ''Södra Teatern'' in Stockholm. Births * 16 April – Ernst Josephson, painter (died 1906) * 10 August – Frigga Carlberg, suffragette (died 1925) * 13 October – Knut Beckeman, architect (died 1943) * 4 November – Märta Eketrä, courtier and royal favorite (died 1894) Deaths * 22 March - Göran Wahlenberg, naturalist (born 1780) * - Gustafva Björklund, cookery book-author and restaurant owner (born 1794) * - Johanna Hård, pirate (born 1789) * - Gustafva Lindskog, athlete (born 1794) * - Anna Maria Thalén, Swedish fashion trader (born 1781) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fredrik Af Wingård
Carl Fredrik af Wingård (born 26 September 1781 in Stockholm, died 19 September 1851) was a Swedish Lutheran archbishop of the Church of Sweden, Professor at Uppsala University, and politician. He served as Archbishop of Uppsala 1839–1851. He was also holder of seat 10 in the Swedish Academy. Biography His noble title (''af'') was added to his family name Wingård already in 1799, as he was the son of a bishop, Johan Wingård, who became his predecessor in the Diocese of Gothenburg. He was cousin to the poet Johan Börjesson. Af Wingård studied at the Uppsala University and eventually became professor there in 1810. In 1818 he was ordained priest and 8 July 1818 he became bishop of Gothenburg. From all reports, af Wingård seems to have been a humanistic teacher and professor, gentle and caring, especially towards students. Af Wingård was active against alcoholism among priests, and was one of the founders of the Temperance Society () of Gothenburg, established in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaretha Heijkenskjöld
Margaretha Charlotta Heijkensköld (19 August 1781 – 29 July 1834, Remla, Syria), was a Swedish traveler and a dress reformer. She attracted a lot of attention from her contemporaries by her journeys. Margaretha Heijkensköld was the daughter of the noble Councillor Detlof Heijkensköld the Younger (1751–1824) and Lovisa Ulrica Victorin (1756-1825). Late in life, she inherited a fortune, which she used to finance her interest in foreign travel and the study of foreign culture. She was described as an independent person with a great ability to adapt. She never married, and the fact that she traveled, and traveled alone, in a period when women seldom did the first and never the second, drew a lot of attention. She visited Paris, Vienna and Italy before she traveled in the Middle East. She died in Romla in Syria after a visit in Jerusalem. Notes and drawings from her travels are preserved. In 1816 Margaretha Heijkenskjöld introduced a new Folk costume A folk costume (also r ... [...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] |
