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1812 In Sweden
Events from the year 1812 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XIII of Sweden, Charles XIII Events * 23 February - Elisabeth Frösslind, Elise Frösslind, makes her breakthrough in the success of ''Cendrillon'' by Charles-Guillaume Étienne, Charles Etienne on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. * 24 March - Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1812). * 30 May - ''The Magic Flute'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. * 8 July - Treaty of Örebro. * - Inauguration of Askersunds flickskola in Askersund. * - A new law permit forced examination of any one suspected of carrying sexual transmitted disease. * - ''Sorgespelet Prins Gustaf'', by Lorenzo Hammarsköld * - ''Flyttfåglarna'', by Esaias Tegnér Births * 22 February - Emily Nonnen, writer (died 1905 in Sweden, 1905) * 20 April - Maria Paulina Åhman, harpist, the first female instrumentalist in the royal chapel (died 1904 in Sweden, 1904) * 29 April - Emilie Högq ... [...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] |
1905 In Sweden
Events from the year 1905 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – ** until April 13: Erik Gustaf Boström ** April 13-August 2: Johan Ramstedt ** August 2-November 7: Christian Lundeberg ** starting November 7: Karl Staaff Events * April 14 - Erik Gustaf Boström resigns as the Prime Minister of Sweden, over the issue of the Swedish- Norwegian Union. His Minister without Portfolio, Johan Ramstedt, becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden. * June 7 – The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence. * June 15 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden). * August 2 – The businessman and right-wing politician Christian Lundeberg becomes Prime Minister of Sweden. * October 26 – Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway. * November 7 – The lawyer and liberal politician Karl Staaff become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 In Sweden
Events from the year 1885 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Robert Themptander Events *10 December 1885 – Härnösand becomes the first town in Sweden with electric street lighting, following the Gådeå power station being taken into use. *Date unknown - The newspapers ''Borlänge Tidning'' and ''Social-Demokraten'' are founded. *Date unknown - Creation of the ''Wahlström & Widstrand'' *Date unknown - Women are allowed to become members of the Swedish Publicists' Association, and 14 women are inducted as members. *Date unknown - Johanna Hedén founded Göteborgs Barnmorskesällskap (The Gothenburg Midwifery Association), the first union for women in Sweden. *Date unknown - The governmental ''Girl School Committee of 1885'' is established to reform female education: Sophie Adlersparre and Hilda Caselli are two of the members, making them the first female members of a governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalia Redec
Amalia Redec (4 May 1812 – 21 November 1885), was a Swedish pianist and composer. She was a concert pianist and a piano teacher and she produced compositions for piano music in the style of the Romanticism of the 1850s. Life She was born to the businessman Eric Esaias Setterborg and Helena Charlotta Bronander and married in 1834 to the businessman Johan Peter Redec (d. 1850). Her spouse went bankrupt, and as a widow, she settled in Gothenburg, where she worked as a piano teacher at the Societetsskolan and the girls' school Matilda Halls skola. She is also known to have performed in public piano concerts. Her music was, for the most part, easily accessible music intended for entertaining in the home and for amateurs, in a time period were every lady above the working class was expected to be able to entertain with piano music at home. While she was forgotten in the 20th-century, she was evidently a well-known composer and a household name in Sweden in her own lifetime, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Lindström
Carolina Lindström, née ''Lundström'' (1812–1892), was a Swedish milliner. She was known in Stockholm as "Evening Star", because she was often seen working during the night. Life Her mother was a business woman and she herself saved her money until she could afford to become an apprentice to the top hat maker in Stockholm, a French woman. Lindström had her own shop at Västerlånggatan 40 in 1842. She had a large web of contacts; at the death of the king in 1844, she was alerted by the footmen at the royal palace so that she was able to acquire all the black mourning ribbons from the other milliners in the capital before the death had been publicly known. She was very successful and opened a second shop at Hornsgatan. In 1847, she married a man who squandered all her money on gambling, but she quickly recouped it. In 1892, she left her business to one of her assistants and bought a place for herself at the Stockholm retirement home for merchant widows; however, she died a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Sweden
Events from the year 1907 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II (until December 8), Gustaf V (starting December 8) * Prime Minister – Arvid Lindman Events * 23 January - Sweden's record highest atmospheric pressure value occurs in Kalmar and Visby at 1063.7 hPa. * 11 March - SKF is founded. * 8 December – King Oscar II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son, Gustaf V. * Swedish Emigration Commission Births * 14 March – Björn-Erik Höijer, writer * 15 March – Zarah Leander, actress * 11 April - Nancy Eriksson, social democrat Deaths * 21 February – Erik Gustaf Boström, prime minister * 8 December – Oscar II of Sweden, monarch * 28 December – Louise Granberg, playwright and theater director * - Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm, actress and drama teacher (born 1838) References Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Granberg
Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907), was a Swedes, Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director. Granberg was born in Stockholm, the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and Jeanetta Vilhelmina Hedmansson. She was the sister of the playwright Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857). From 1849 forward, she translated and wrote plays, sometimes jointly with her sister, under used the pseudonym Carl Blink. During the season 1860–61, her play ''Johan Fredman'' was staged at Mindre teatern in Stockholm. ''Tvänne ringar'' was first performed at the Mindre teatern in 1861 and ''Familjen Mohrin'' premiered at the Nya theatre in 1876. In 1861, she married Edvard Stjernström, founder of the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) and the widower of her sister. From 1877–1880, she was the "very able" director of the theatre. Louise Granberg died in Stockholm in 1907. She was then 95 years old. References Other sources *Österberg, Carin et a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 In Sweden
Events from the year 1882 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse Events * Foundation of the ''Gefle IF''. * The Salvation Army is introduced in Sweden by Hanna Ouchterlony. * Closure of the Rossander Course. Births * 7 January – Humbert Lundén, sailor (died 1961). * 16 May – Elin Wägner, writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist: member of the Swedish Academy (died 1949). * 25 May – Filip Ericsson, sailor (died 1951). * 9 July – Gustaf Kilman, horse rider (died 1946). * 17 July – Oswald Holmberg, gymnast (died 1969). * 14 August – Elin Brandell, journalist (died 1963). * 2 September – Paul Isberg, sailor (died 1953). * 12 September – Sven Forssman, gymnast (died 1919). * 11 November – Gustaf VI Adolf, king (died 1973). Deaths * 1 April - Betty Deland, actress (born 1831) * 11 November – Charlotta Almlöf, actress (died 1813) * - Malla Höök, actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josabeth Sjöberg
Josabeth Fredrica Paulina Sjöberg (30 June 1812 – 29 December 1882) was a Swedish painter and music teacher. She is best known for the interior portraits she made of her twelve successive homes in Södermalm, where she spent most of her life. She also did a series of interiors from churches and retirement homes for women. Biography Sjöberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She came from a family in the upper ranks of the bourgeoisie. Her mother, (1771–1831), was an actor and singer who spent most of her time reading. Her father, Nils Sjöberg. was a Chancellor at the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration (''Krigskollegium''), although he may have been musically talented as well. Johanna died when Josabeth was eighteen and Nils followed two years later, leaving her without a means of support. As a result her older brother, Nils, who was a Master Builder's apprentice, became her guardian. They shared an apartment with a widow until she got married, then Josabeth lived b ... [...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] |
Herman Sätherberg
Karl or Carl Herman Sätherberg (May 19, 1812 in Botkyrka socken – January 9, 1897 in Stockholm) was a Swedish poet and (orthopedic) physician. Sätherberg became a medical doctor in 1843 and travelled with the corvette ''Karlskrona'' to the Mediterranean 1844–1845. The journey is described in the books ''Utflykter på hafvet'' 1-2. In 1847, he succeeded Nils Åkerman as director of the ''Orthopedic Institute'' in Stockholm, where he remained until 1879. Sätherberg was very active in the development of Physical therapy in Sweden. The theme that he was most known for in his poetry was nature, but he also wrote plays and epic poems. His poem ''Blomsterkonungen'', a homage to Carl von Linné, was widely read. He also wrote lyrics for the son of king Oscar I and composer Gustav Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 In Sweden
Events from the year 1846 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events *28 June: The Church of Sweden Härnösand Cathedral is inaugurated. * December 22 - The guild system in Sweden is abolished by the ''Fabriks och Handtwerksordning'' and ''Handelsordningen''. * Trade and craft professions are opened to all unmarried women. * Adolf Eugene von Rosen and Georg Theodor Policron von Chiewitz proposes a regulation of Gamla stan. * The Swedish History Museum is founded. * Gothenburg becomes the first Swedish city to be lit up by voal gas.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996 * '' Den broderade plånboken'' by August Blanche * '' Dubbelgångaren'' av Fjodor Dostojevskij * '' Engelbrekt och hans dalkarlar'' by August Blanche * '' Läkaren'' by August Blanche * '' Magister Bläckstadius eller giftermåls-annonsen'' by August Blanche * '' Rika morbror'' by August Blanche * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
