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1807 In Sweden
Events from the year 1807 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania. * - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen. * - The land reform ''Enskiftet'' is enforced in all Sweden-Finland, which signified the end of traditional village life. * - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 Births * 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864) * 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877) * 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844) * 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892) * Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869) * Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893) Deaths * - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, balleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 In Sweden
Events from the year 1844 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John then Oscar I Events * - King Charles XIV John of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Oscar I of Sweden. * 22 October - Swedish History Museum * - '' Du gamla, Du fria '' by Richard Dybeck Births * 23 February – Per Ekström, landscape painter (died 1935) * 21 December – Olga Sandberg, ballerina (died 1926) * 9 September – Ebba Boström, nurse and a philanthropist (died 1902) * 9 November – Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, painter (dies 1920) * 1 October – Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, collector and donor (died 1930) Deaths * 2 May - Karl Fredrik Dahlgren, poet (born 1791) * 16 September – Magnus Brahe (1790–1844), soldier (born 1790) References Years of the 19th 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1807 In Sweden
Events from the year 1807 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania. * - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen. * - The land reform ''Enskiftet'' is enforced in all Sweden-Finland, which signified the end of traditional village life. * - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 Births * 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864) * 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877) * 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844) * 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892) * Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869) * Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893) Deaths * - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, balleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1759 In Sweden
Events from the year 1759 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 10 September - Battle of Frisches Haff * 19 July - The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 persons homeless.Lars Bergquist: Swedenborgs Hemlighet, Stockholm 1999. (in Swedish). * - The Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and Letters is founded. * - '' Vinterkväde'' by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg Births * 2 March - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer (died 1833) * 23 March - Anders Ljungstedt, historian (died 1835) * 18 April – Thomas Thorild, poet, critic and philosopher (died 1808) * 16 August – Carl Fredric von Breda, painter (died 1818) * – Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (died 1807) * - Charlotte Eckerman, opera singer and courtesan (died 1790) * Johan Anton Lindqvist, theatre director (died 1833) Deaths * 20 June – Margareta Capsia, painter (born 1682 Events January–March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sophia Holmstedt
Anna ''Sophia'' Holmstedt (1759–1807) as married Anna Sophia Bleumortier, was a Swedish ballet dancer and translator. Sophia Holmstedt belonged to the pioneers of Swedish ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet upon its foundation in Bollhuset in 1773. In 1774, at the age of fifteen, she debuted as a translator by a translation of the French comedy play ''Slafhandlaren i Smirna'' (''Le Marchand de Smyrne'') by Nicolas Chamfort in collaboration with Olof Kexel. It was recommended for "an unusually beautiful and easy Swedish". The play was performed on the Stenborg theatre in Stockholm on Monday 24 October 1774 in dedication to king Gustav III of Sweden. Holmstedt was admired by her contemporaries and given the recognition of a "Literary woman". When Olof Kexel founded the order of Par Bricole in 1779, the Sophia-day was chosen as its day in dedication to Sophia Holmstedt. She married the sommelier A sommelier ( or or ; ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 In Sweden
Events from the year 1893 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * Inauguration of the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden. * 19 April - Sundbybergs IK is formed. * 3 December: The Church of Sweden Oscar Fredrik Church is inaugurated on First Advent Sunday. Births * 23 January – Sven-Olof Jonsson, gymnast (died 1945). * 24 January – Erik Friborg, cyclist (died 1968). * 7 June – Gillis Grafström, figure skater (died 1938). * 23 July – Gerda Höjer, nurse and politician (died 1974) * 21 October – Fabian Biörck, gymnast (died 1977). Deaths * 4 December - Maria Westberg, ballerina (born 1853) * Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (born 1807) References 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> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Christina Cronquist
Anna Christina Cronquist, née ''Lundgren'' (1807–1893), was a Swedish entrepreneur. She was the founder of the firm '' A.C. Cronquist & Son'', which was the start of the Cronquist Era within manufacture and Major appliance business in Malmö. Life Anna Christina Cronquist married in 1830 to Johan Cronquist (d. 1852), editor and publisher of the newspaper '' Malmö Nya Allehanda'' in Malmö. As the income from the paper was not sufficient to support a family, she gave lessons in weaving: skilled in the art, she published the possibly first instruction book in weaving in Swedish in 1845. Between 1849 and 1865, Cronquist managed a very successful textile shop, which became the biggest in Malmö and reputed in all Scania. She was likely the first married woman in Sweden to have started her own firm rather than to have inherited it, and she was also the first married woman to have started a firm in her own name: ''A.C. Cronquist & Son'', referred to herself and her son. In an age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Sweden
Events from the year 1869 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events *10 July – Gävle is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless. * Malmö SS is founded. * Women are allowed to work in the railway office.Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm. Births * 10 April – Signe Bergman, women's right activist (died 1960) * 28 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (died 1954) * 2 July – Hjalmar Söderberg, writer (died 1941) * 21 October – Stina Berg, actress (died 1930) * 6 December – Otto Nordenskjöld, geologist, geographer and polar explorer (died 1928) Deaths * 28 January – Sophie Bolander, writer (born 1807) * 22 September – Ulrika Sofia De Geer, countess and salonnière (born 1793) * 12 November – Carl Georg Brunius, classical scholar, art historian, archaeologist and architect (born 1793) References Years of the 19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Bolander
''Sophie'' Christina Mathilda Bolander (28 January 1807 – 2 June 1869), was a Swedish author. She is most famed for her participation in the contemporary debate on gender issues. Life Sophie Bolander was born in Gothenburg, the daughter of the wealthy factory owner Gustav Erik Bolander (d. 1826) and Johanna Kristina Carlström. She never married. She lost her mother at an early age, and after the death of her father, she lived with her brother. She worked as a governess in the household of count Posse in 1838–1844, and as a music teacher in the ''Kjellbergska flickskolan'' in 1845–1855. Career Her anti-aristocratic novel ''Trolldomstecknet'' (The Magic Sign) has been regarded as one of the first tendency novels in Sweden. During the 1850s, many of her novels were published as serials in papers such as ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'', ''Post- och Inrikes Tidningar'' and '' Aftonbladet''. Her novels were romance stories, often in a historical setting. Bolander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 In Sweden
Events from the year 1892 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * Cision * Örebro Mission * Swedish Cooperage Union * 11 June - '' Stockholm Public Women's Club'' is founded in Stockholm. Births * 2 July – Anders Larsson, sport wrestler (died 1945). * 10 July – Augusta Björkenstam, countess and businessperson (died 1892) * 23 July – Erik Adlerz, diver (died 1975). * 15 August – Gösta Lundqvist, sailor (died 1944). * 4 December – Per Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1972). Deaths * 7 January - Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess) (born 1815) * Carolina Lindström, hat maker (born 1812) * 11 December - Nancy Edberg, pioneer swimmer (born 1832) * 25 January - Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (born 1824) * 21 October - Anne Charlotte Leffler, writer (born 1849) * Matilda Kristina von Schwerin, landowner (born 1818 Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Flygare-Carlén
Emilie Flygare-Carlén (''née'' Smith; August 8, 1807, StrömstadFebruary 5, 1892, Stockholm) was a Swedish people, Swedish novelist. Biography Emilie Smith grew up in the archipelago of Bohuslän. Her father, Rutger Smith, was a retired sea captain who had settled down as a small merchant, and she often accompanied him on the voyages he made along the coast. She thus came in frequent contact with the seafaring folk, fishermen, and smugglers who were to populate her later stories. At the age of twenty, she married a local physician, Axel Flygare, and went with him to live in the province of Småland. She was widowed in 1833, returned to her old home, and decided to devote herself to literature. She moved to Stockholm some years later, and in 1841 she married a lawyer, publicist and poet of that city, Johan Gabriel Carlén (1814–1875). Her house became a meeting place for Stockholm men of letters, and for the next twelve years she produced one or two novels annually. The prema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Cecilia Of Sweden (1807–1844)
Cecilia of Sweden (22 June 1807 in Stockholm – 27 January 1844 in Oldenburg) was a composer, a Swedish princess by birth, and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg by marriage. She was the daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden. Biography After birth, she was raised under the supervision of the royal governess Charlotte Stierneld. The youngest of four children, Cecilia left Sweden in 1810 with her family after her father was deposed as king of Sweden by the Coup of 1809. She was raised in her mother's home country, the Grand Duchy of Baden (Germany). After her parents were divorced in 1812, she was raised mainly by her grandmother Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt in Bruchsal. She met Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1830, and after an hour's conversation, the marriage was decided. She went to her brother in Vienna, where her wedding took place in the presence of the Austrian Emperor Francis I. She relocated to the city of Oldenburg in June 1831. Cecilia ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
