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1784 In Sweden
Events from the year 1784 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III Events * * * 1 July - Alliance treaty between Sweden and France: Sweden are given Saint-Barthélemy as a colony. * * August - Gustav III returns to Sweden. * - Vänersborg Church is inaugurated. * - The Illis Quorum is created. * - Inauguration of the Stenborg Theatre.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg Stages) (Swedish) * Births * March 24 - Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist (died 1864 in Sweden, 1864) * 21 August - Charlotta Berger, writer (died 1852 in Sweden, 1852) * 23 August - Henriette Löfman, composer (died 1836 in Sweden, 1836) * 31 August - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer (died 1853 in Sweden, 1853) * 15 October - Hans Olof Holmström, bishop (died 1855 in Sweden, 1855) * 17 November – Julia Nyberg, poet (died 1854 in Sweden, 1854) * 21 November - Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, painter (died 1833 in Sweden, 1833) Deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stora Barnhuset 1784
Stora Enso Oyj (from sv, Stora and fi, Enso ) is a manufacturer of pulp and paper industry, pulp, paper and other forest products, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The majority of sales takes place in Europe, but there are also significant operations in Asia and South America. Stora Enso was formed in 1998, when the Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora AB merged with the Finnish forestry products company Enso Oyj. In 2021, the average number of employees was over 23,000. In 2015, Stora Enso was ranked seventh in the world by sales and fourth by earnings, among forest, paper and packaging industry companies. For the first two quarters of 2018, the company was ranked second by net earnings among European forest and paper industry companies. The corporate history can be traced back to the oldest known preserved share certificate in the world, issued in 1288. Based on this, some observers consider Stora Enso to be the oldest limited liability company in the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Olof Holmström
Hans Olof Holmström (15 October 1784 - 27 August 1855) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the archbishop of Uppsala between 1852 and 1855. Biography He was born in the parish of Ösmo, Sweden, the son of Stefan Holmström and Engel Risberg. Holmström had received a master's degree at Uppsala University in 1806 and three years later was appointed associate professor of Latin in 1811 and in 1816 became an associate professor of the Faculty of Philosophy. He was appointed vicar of Dunker-Lilla Malma parish in 1828. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs in 1839 and held this office until 1852, when he was called to serve as archbishop of Uppsala and vice chancellor of the University of Uppsala Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ... ... [...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] |
Brita Laurelia
Brita Laurelia (1712–1784) was a Swedish was a Swedish publicist, book printer, poet and publisher. She was the owner and director of the Kungliga Amiralitetsboktryckeriet ('Royal Amiralty Printing Press') in Karlskrona and the publisher of the newspaper ''Carlskrona Weckoblad'' ('Karlskrona Weekly') in 1754-1758 och 1766-1769, as a widow between her two marriages. Berger, Margareta, Pennskaft: kvinnliga journalister i svensk dagspress 1690-1975, Norstedt, Stockholm, 1977 Life She was a published author of poetry, and contributed as an editor in several papers and magazines. She married the book printer Johan Vinqvist (1714–1754), owner of the ''Kungliga Amiralitetsboktryckeriet'' ('Royal Amiralty Printing Press') in Karlskrona Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Swed ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 In Sweden
Events from the year 1741 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I Events * 31 March - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is given its rules. * 15 May - Carl Linnaeus travel to Öland. * 28 July - Russo-Swedish War (1741–43) * 23 August - Battle of Villmanstrand * The punishment of ''Uppenbar kyrkoplikt'' (Public Church Duty), a form of public humiliation were criminals are pilloried by being placed on a stool during sermon and repent their criminal act, are abolished for sexual crimes, such as having sex outside marriage, in order to spare unmarried mothers the social stigma which are viewed as a contributing factor of infanticide. The reason is to spare unmarried mothers the social stigma which results in infanticide, as the ''Uppenbar kyrkoplikt'' in practice exposed them and makes their indiscretion impossible to hide. * The guild membership requirement for innkeepers are dropped. This makes the profession conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Haupt
Georg Haupt (10 August 1741, in Stockholm – 18 September 1784, in Stockholm) was a Swedish cabinet maker. Haupt was the son of a Nuremberg carpenterFleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 369. and learnt his trade as an apprentice of Johan Conrad Eckstein in Stockholm, after which he travelled as a journeyman to Amsterdam, Paris and London. He became cabinetmaker to King Adolphus Frederick in 1769 and a master carpenter and burgess in Stockholm in 1770 and 1771, respectively. Biography Haupt learnt his trade during a period when the French rococo had established itself in Swedish furniture design, but came to Paris in 1764, when the neoclassical style later known under the name of Louis XVI had started to gain ground. Details of his life in Paris are scarce but he was probably employed in the workshop of Simon Oeben, the brother of the better-known Jean-François Oeben. He had come to London at some point bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
