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1797 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1797 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 31 October - The wedding between King Gustav IV Adolf and Frederica of Baden. Births * 4 July- Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (died 1839) * 15 July - Kloka Anna, cunning woman and medium (died 1860) * 10 September – Karl Gustaf Mosander, chemist (died 1858) * 28 September – Sophie von Knorring, writer (died 1848) * Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (died 1867) Deaths * - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (born 1745) * - Brita Sophia De la Gardie, actress and socialite (born 1713) 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeppsbron Cumelin
Skeppsbron (Swedish: "The Ship's Bridge") is both a street and a quay in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, stretching from the bridge Strömbron in front of the Royal Palace southward to Slussen. The quay Skeppsbrokajen runs along the street. Several alleys connects Skeppsbron to the thoroughfare Österlånggatan: Slottskajen, Lejonbacken, Slottsbacken, Telegrafgränd, Skeppar Karls Gränd, Bredgränd, Kråkgränd, Nygränd, Brunnsgränd, Skottgränd, Stora Hoparegränd, Drakens Gränd, Ferkens gränd, Gaffelgränd, Johannesgränd, Packhusgränd, Tullgränd, Norra Bankogränd, Södra Bankogränd, Norra Dryckesgränd, Södra Dryckesgränd, Slussplan History Skeppsbron is mentioned as ''Stadzbron'' in 1592, ''skeepzbroon'' in 1647, and finally appears as ''Skeppsbron'' in 1961. While no historical documents knows to tell when or why the decision was taken to develop the eastern waterfront of Stadsholmen in accordance to the pretensions of a nation be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Von Knorring
Sophie Margareta von Knorring, née ''Zelow'' (28 September 1797 – 13 February 1848), was a Swedish novelist and noble. She is regarded as a pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden. Most of her novels are romantic love stories in an aristocratic environment. Biography She was born the offspring of the noble major Christer Göran Zelow, chamberlain at the royal court, and Helena Sophia Gripenstedt, at the manor Gräfsnäs on 28 September 1797. She and her four younger sisters was given an education regarded suitable for a female noble before marriage and debuting in aristocratic high society life: German, English, French, Italian, Music, painting and dance, all provided for by private teachers at home. They were taught religion, history and literature by the poet Arvid August Afzelius. She lived in the capital of Stockholm with her mother and sisters from 1810, where she debuted in society in the 1812–13 season. This was a particularly lively society season in Stockholm, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1797 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1797 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 31 October - The wedding between King Gustav IV Adolf and Frederica of Baden. Births * 4 July- Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (died 1839) * 15 July - Kloka Anna, cunning woman and medium (died 1860) * 10 September – Karl Gustaf Mosander, chemist (died 1858) * 28 September – Sophie von Knorring, writer (died 1848) * Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (died 1867) Deaths * - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (born 1745) * - Brita Sophia De la Gardie, actress and socialite (born 1713) 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 SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1713 In Sweden
Events from the year 1713 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 1 February - Skirmish at Bender. * February - Siege of Tönning * - Russian attack on Helsingfors. * - Russian victory at the Battle of Pälkäne. * 2 November - Princess Ulrika Eleonora appointed regent of Sweden in her brothers absence.Lundh-Eriksson, Nanna (Swedish): Den glömda drottningen. Karl XII:s syster. Ulrika Eleonora D.Y. och hennes tid (The Forgotten Queen. The Sister of Charles XII. The Age of Ulrika Eleonora the Younger) Affärstryckeriet, Norrtälje. (1976) * - The Great Northern War plague outbreak reach Lund, Malmö and Ystad. * * Births * * 20 February - Anna Maria Elvia, writer (died 1784) * - Anna Maria Hilfeling, miniaturist (died 1783) * – Brita Sophia De la Gardie, amateur actress and culture personality (died 1797) * Helena Escholin, vicar's wife (died 1783) * * Deaths * * * * Jean Grossaint De la Roche-yon, spy (died 1769) * References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brita Sophia De La Gardie
Brita Sophia De la Gardie (22 April 1713 – 1797) was a Swedish noble and amateur actress who later converted to Catholicism and became a nun. She was a central member of the cultural life in Stockholm in her time. She played a part in the history of Swedish theatre. She was the maternal aunt of Count Axel von Fersen the Younger. Life Brita Sophia De La Gardie was born to the politician Count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lillie. She was the sister-in-law to the scientist Eva Ekeblad. Culture personality During the 1720s and 1730s, amateur theatre was immensely popular in Stockholm and at the royal court. At the time, there were no Swedish language theatre in the capital; only foreign theatre companies performed professionally at the national stage of the Bollhuset Theatre. In 1732, ''Dom Japhlet d'Arménie'' by Scarron was performed at the stage of Bollhuset by the noble amateur troupe of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin and Countess Ulla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1745 In Sweden
Events from the year 1745 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * * * Catharina Ebba Horn becomes the official royal mistress of the King.Horn 16. Katarina Ebba i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1909) * '' Hortus Upsaliensis'' by Carl von Linné * - Defense treaty between Sweden and Russia. Births * * February 21 - Olof Tempelman, architect (died 1816) * March 5 - Christina Elisabeth Carowsky, painter (died 1797) * May 5 - Carl August Ehrensvärd, naval officer, painter, author, and neo-classical architect (died 1800) * August 19 - Johan Gottlieb Gahn, chemist and metallurgist who discovered manganese (died 1817) * September 12 - Lovisa Meijerfeldt, countess and courtier, known as one of the "Three Graces" (died 1818) * - Brita Horn, courtier (died 1791) Deaths * * * * - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salonniere (born 1695) * - Sarah Derith, politically active noblewoman (born 1680) References Years of the 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Elisabeth Carowsky
Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter. Biography Carowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was Johan Ross the Elder Johan Ross the Elder (''Johan Ross den äldre'') (1695 – March 26, 1773) was a Swedish church painter. Early life Ross was born at the village of Meldorff in Schleswig-Holstein. He was the son of Johan Ross and Anna Stockhouf. His father .... Carowsky became a well known portrait painter in Gothenburg. She married in 1787 to Engelbert Jörlin, the principal at Gothenburg elementary school. References Other Sources * Collections at Gothenburg history II Christine Church books for marriages, births and deaths, Wilhelm Berg, Stockholm 1890–1893, p 694 * Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) 1745 births 1797 deaths People from Gothenburg 18th-century Swedish painters Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1867 In Sweden
Events from the year 1867 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * 1 August - Inauguration of the new Uppsala University Hospital. * The Lantmanna Party is created. * Emmy Rappe becomes head nurse in the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, where she opened the first professional training courses for nurses in Sweden. * The great Swedish famine of 1867-1869 spreads from Finland to Sweden, where it lasts until 1868. This is the last famine to take place in Sweden. * The scandal of the great bankruptcy of the heiress Louise von Fersen (1816–1879) attracts attention. * The great Swedish emigration to the United States begun, in part caused by the great famine. * ''Helsingborgs Dagblad'' is founded. * Augusta Lundin Augusta Lundin (13 June 1840 in Kristianstad – 20 February 1919) was a Swedish fashion designer. She is considered to be the first international Swedish fashion designer as well as the first well known fashion des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Göransdotter
Anna Göransdotter (1797 – 1867) was a Swedish textile artist. Alm, Göran (red.), Signums svenska konsthistoria d 9Karl Johanstidens konst, Signum, Lund, 1999 She lived in the Föllinge parish in Jämtland Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a .... She belonged to the peasantry, appears not to have been married, and lived on various farms in the parish, often with her brother. The documentation of the parish vicar, who regularly interrogated the parishioners in their religious knowledge, noted that she was sickly but also "intelligent with good sense and well capable of reading and writing". She was officially registered as a seamstress. She is known for her embroidery illustrations on textile, which often depicted naturalistic wedding stories with blue thread on wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1848 In Sweden
Events from the year 1848 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * 18-21 March - A series of riots, ''Marsoroligheterna'', takes place in the capital inspired by the Revolutions of 1848 * - The Tales of Ensign Stål is published. * - The Cause célèbre of Sophie Sager. * - HDK (school) is established. * - Cecilia Fryxell open her first school: her schools is to become influential in the education of females. * - A new type of ferry traffic, with boats propelled by hand-operated paddle wheels instead of boats managed by oars by the Rower woman, are introduced in Stockholm.Rolf Söderberg, ''Stockholmsspegel'', Liber förlag (1984), * - '' Banditen : berättelse'' by August Blanche * - '' Catharina Månsdotter'' by Wilhelmina Stålberg * - '' Fänrik Ståls sägner'' by Johan Ludvig Runeberg * - '' Första älskarinnan'' by August Blanche * - '' Hittebarnet'' by August Blanche Births * 2 May – Harald Hjärne, historian (died 1922) Deaths * 13 February – So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Sweden
Events from the year 1858 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * - The Conventicle Act (Sweden) is removed and the free churches are legalized. * - Establishment of the Geological Survey of Sweden * - Gothenburg Central Station is inaugurated. * - Statistics Sweden is created. * - Inauguration of '' Vänortsparken'' * - Legal majority for unmarried women (if applied for; automatic legal majority in 1863). * - Louise Flodin starts her own news paper in Arboga, staffed exclusively by women. * - The formal right of an employer to physically discipline their adult servants is abolished. Births * 28 February - Tore Svennberg, actor (died 1941) * 3 June - Alina Jägerstedt, union worker (died 1919) * 24 October - Ebba Bernadotte, philanthropist and morganatic consort (died 1926) * 20 November - Selma Lagerlöf, writer (died 1940) * 18 December - Kata Dalström, political agitator (died 1923) Deaths * 30 March - Marie Kinnberg, photographer and painter (bo ... [...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] |
