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1821 In Sweden
Events from the year 1821 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * – First issue of the newly merged ''Post- och Inrikes Tidningar''. * 27 March – The Wolf of Gysinge was killed after having attacked 31 people over a three-month period. Births * 24 February - Sven Adolf Hedlund, newspaper publisher and politician (died 1900) * 2 March – Axel Adlercreutz, politician, civil servant, President of the Göta Court of Appeal, Prime Minister for Justice (died 1880) * 1 April – Geskel Saloman, portrait and genre painter (died 1902) * 6 May - Emelie Holmberg, composer, singer, pianist, music teacher and organist (died 1854) * 21 September – Aurora Ljungstedt, horror writer (died 1908) * 13 October – Oscar Byström, composer (died 1909) * - Fanny Stål, classical pianist (died 1889) Deaths * 15 March - Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, poet and inventor (born 1754) * 6 October – Anders Jahan Retzius, chemist, botanist and entomologist ... [...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] |
Aurora Ljungstedt
''Aurora'' Lovisa Ljungstedt (, Hjort; pseudonym, Claude Gérard; 2 September 1821 – 21 February 1908), was a Swedish writer. She is regarded to be the first crime novel author of her country and has been referred to as Sweden's Edgar Allan Poe. Life Aurora Lovisa Hjort was born 2 September 1821, in Karlskrona. She was the eldest of four children of major Georg Leonard Hjort (1788–1872) and Fredrika Elisabeth Alf (1792–1877). In 1846, she married Samuel Viktor Ljungstedt (1820–1904), an official in the prison care bureau, and settled in Stockholm. She had three children. Ljungstedt displayed talent early on but her mother disapproved of a literary career as unsuitable as this would make her a public person. After having married, she was free to write with the support of her spouse. She debuted in the 1840s, and wrote anonymously until her pseudonym was unintentionally exposed in the 1870s. Her crime novels were very successful in Sweden and were also translated to Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1821 In Sweden
Events from the year 1821 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * – First issue of the newly merged ''Post- och Inrikes Tidningar''. * 27 March – The Wolf of Gysinge was killed after having attacked 31 people over a three-month period. Births * 24 February - Sven Adolf Hedlund, newspaper publisher and politician (died 1900) * 2 March – Axel Adlercreutz, politician, civil servant, President of the Göta Court of Appeal, Prime Minister for Justice (died 1880) * 1 April – Geskel Saloman, portrait and genre painter (died 1902) * 6 May - Emelie Holmberg, composer, singer, pianist, music teacher and organist (died 1854) * 21 September – Aurora Ljungstedt, horror writer (died 1908) * 13 October – Oscar Byström, composer (died 1909) * - Fanny Stål, classical pianist (died 1889) Deaths * 15 March - Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, poet and inventor (born 1754) * 6 October – Anders Jahan Retzius, chemist, botanist and entomologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1742 In Sweden
Events from the year 1742 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * Glass company Kosta Glasbruk (now known as Kosta Boda) is founded. * June - The Swedish province of Finland is occupied of the Empire of Russia during the Lesser Wrath. * 9 August - The Swedish forces in Finland surrender to the Russian army in Helsingfors. * Empress Elizabeth I of Russia states that Sweden may have Finland back if her candidate in the election for an heir to the Swedish throne, Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp, is accepted. * Proclamation of the Kingdom of Finland (1742) * The Hats (party) lose government power and are replaced by a government supported by the Caps (party). * Anders Celsius construct the Celsius thermometer. * '' Adelriks och Giöthildas äfwentyr'' by Jacob Henrik Mörk. Births * 28 July - Rutger Macklean, driving figure in the reorganization of agricultural lands (died 1816) * 3 October - Anders Jahan Retzius, scientist (died 1821) * Christina Krook, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Jahan Retzius
Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist. Biography Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also trained as an apothecary apprentice. He received the position of Docent#Northern Europe, docent of chemistry at Lund in 1766, and of natural history in 1767. He became extraordinary professor of natural history in 1777, and thereafter held various chairs of natural history, economy and chemistry until his retirement in 1812. He died in Stockholm on 6 October 1821. He described many new species of insects and did fundamental work on their Categorization, classification. Retzius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1782. He was the father of Anders Retzius and grandfather of Gustaf Retzius. Disciples of Anders Jahan Retzius include the botanist Carl Adolph Agardh, the zoologist and archaeologist Sven Nilsson (zool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 In Sweden
Events from the year 1754 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * * * - Foundation of the Stenborg Company, the first known Swedish language theater group to tour Sweden and Finland. * - The cause célèbre of '' Risbadstugan''. * - New law on suicide: people who falsely admitted guilt or committed crimes with the intent of committing suicide through execution were to be punished by pillorying and imprisoned rather than executed.Ohlander, Ann-Sofie, Kärlek, död och frihet: historiska uppsatser om människovärde och livsvillkor i Sverige, Norstedt, Stockholm, 1985 Births * * 29 June - Peter Gustaf Tengmalm, naturalist (died 1803) * June 18 – Anna Maria Lenngren, writer, poet and social critic (died 1817) * 28 July - Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, poet and inventor (died 1821) * 10 March - Augusta von Fersen courtier, royal mistress and profile of the Gustavian age (died 1846) * 4 December - Nils Lorens Sjöberg, officer and poet (died 1822) * - Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz
Abraham Niclas (Clewberg) Edelcrantz (28 July 1754 – 15 March 1821) was a Finnish born Swedish poet and inventor. He was a member of the Swedish Academy, chair 2, from 1786 to 1821. Edelcrantz was the librarian at The Royal Academy of Turku. In 1783 he moved to Stockholm to lead the Royal Theater and later work as the private secretary of the king Gustaf III. He is known for his experiment with the optical telegraph. He inaugurated his telegraph with a poem dedicated to the Swedish King on his birthday in 1794. The message went from the Palace in Stockholm to the King a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 In Sweden
Events from the year 1889 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm Events * 12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister * - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden. * - The Yngsjö murder. * - The Selander Company is founded. * - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden * - First issue of the ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' * - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities. * - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded. * - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions. * - Foundation of the ''Sophiahemmet'' hospital in Stockholm. Births * 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962). * 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968). * 18 December - Alice Habsburg Deaths * 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822) * - S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Stål
Fanny Stål (4 October 1821, Stockholm – 21 March 1889, Västerås) was a Swedish classical pianist. Fanny Stål was the daughter of the language teacher Axel Samuel Stål, paternal niece of the architect Carl Stål, the musician Conrad Stål and the merchant Pehr Christian Stål. She was a student of Jan van Boom and Wilhelm Bauck in Stockholm and, during the 1840s, of Frédéric Chopin in Paris, along Henriette Nissen-Saloman his likely only Swedish students. She became one of the most noted Swedish pianists in mid-19th century Sweden.Leif Jonsson & Martin Tegen: ''Musiken i Sverige. Den nationella identiteten 1810–1920'' (1992) She gave her most noted concert in Stora Börssalen in Stockholm in 1859, with compositions of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Sigismund Thalberg and Chopin. References Sources Musik-Lexikon* * Tore Uppström Tore Ingvar Uppström (8 December 1937 in Stockholm – 8 June 2006) was a Swedish pianist, composer and author. Uppström studied at R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 In Sweden
Events from the year 1909 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman Events * 6–14 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. * 4 August to 4 September – Swedish General Strike ( The Great Strike of 1909) ** Introduction of the 8-hour day at the end of 1910s * 10 December – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first woman to be given the Nobel Prize in Literature. * The right for women to vote in municipal elections are extended to include married women, and women are made eligible to municipal councils. * The phrase "Swedish man" is removed from the application forms to public offices and women are thereby approved as applicants to most public professions."Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Akademikeryrken". Ub.gu.se. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2013-10-07. Births * 12 January – Barbro Alving, reporter (died 1987) Deaths * 1 January – Ivar Arosenius, painter (born 1878) * Elsa Borg, social worker (born 1826 Events Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Byström (composer)
Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte Byström (13 October 1821 – 22 July 1909) was a Swedish people, Swedish composer and scholar. Born in Stockholm into the family of a military officer, he followed his father in a military career and rose to the rank of captain by 1857. However, already in the 1840s he gained recognition as both a pianist and song composer, and by late 1850 Byström was active as a teacher. In 1866 he was appointed inspector of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Swedish Royal Academy of Music, succeeding August Berwald. He became a professor at the Academy in 1872, and also worked for several years as conductor of the orchestral society of Turku. Byström's first published work appeared in 1871: ''Allmän musiklära, till skolornas tjenst'', intended for schools. After his return to Stockholm from Turku, he devoted himself to studying church music. He traveled to London, Paris, Solesmes, Sarthe, Solesmes, Milan and Rome to this end, and upon his return to Stockholm, Byst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 In Sweden
Events from the year 1908 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman Events * 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. * 11 December - The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is founded in Sundsvall. * - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm * - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.Dahlgren, Johanna (2007). Kvinnor i polistjänst (PDF). Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish) (Department of Historical Studies, Umeå University). . Retrieved 17 August 2015. * - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation. Births * 21 January Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (died 1987) * 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster (died 1967) Deaths * Amalia Planck, entrepreneur (born 1834) * 8 June - Frans Hedberg, dramatist (born 1828) References Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
