1826 In Sweden
Events from the year 1826 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * * - ''Barnängens manufaktur'' is closed in Stockholm. Births * 19 January - Rudolf Wall, publisher and journalist (died 1893) * 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (died 1897) * 18 February – Lea Ahlborn, metallist (died 1897) * 5 June - Ivar Hallström, composer (died 1901) * 19 July - Elsa Borg, educator and social worker (died 1909) * 26 August – Johan Fredrik Höckert, artist (died 1866) * 2 September – Augusta Dorothea Eklund, street peddler and eccentric (died 1895) * 16 October - Mathilda Ebeling, soprano (died 1851) * 11 November – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (died 1891) * Wilhelmina Lagerholm, photographer (died 1917) Deaths * 14 March – Julie Alix de la Fay ballerina (born 1746) * 6 May - Sophie Hagman, ballerina and royal mistress (born 1758) * 19 June - Elsa Fougt, chief editor (born 1754) * 17 November – Caroline Müller, opera ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Augusta Dorothea Eklund
Augusta Dorothea Eklund (2 September 1826 – 31 December 1895, in Stockholm) known in history by her sobriquet Trasfröken ('Miss Rags'), was a famous homeless street peddler and eccentric in Stockholm. A well-known part of Stockholm street life in the second half of the 19th century, she was the subject of contemporary folklore, mentioned in contemporary diaries, memoirs and media. Life Eklund was born to a shoemaker and a corset maker in Stockholm. After the death of her parents, she supported two younger sisters Ida and Karolina by her late mother's trade: that of a corset seamstress. After one of her sisters died and the other one left home to work in the theater, Eklund was affected by depression, which eventually reduced her to a homeless destitute. She lived in various temporary huts she built herself around the city, and supported herself by selling needles for a price above their worth from door to door as månglare: reportedly, she managed to sell because she often lost ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Elsa Fougt
Elsa Fougt (15 or 25 December 1744 – 19 June 1826) was a Swedish printer and newspaper editor. She managed the Royal Printery between 1772 and 1811 (first as a coworker with her spouse, from 1782 alone as director), and was responsible for the country's official print. She was also and the publisher and chief editor of the newspaper ''Stockholms Weckoblad'' from 1774 to 1779. She was an important figure in the literary market in Sweden. Life Fougt was the daughter of the royal printer Peter Momma and the publisher Anna Margareta von Bragner. In 1762 she married the official Henric Fougt Sr. When her parents died, both in 1772, Elsa and her spouse took over their businesses, of which the most important was the Royal Printery, which they managed together until the death of her spouse in 1782. As a widow, she managed the business herself and in her own name for nearly thirty years. Elsa Fougt published French, German and Swedish drama, and imported books from the Société typ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Svenskt Kvinnobiografiskt Lexikon
''Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon'' (SKBL), known in English as Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women, is a Swedish biographical dictionary of Swedish women. It was started in 2018 when 1,000 articles about Swedish women were published in Swedish and English. There are plans to publish a further 1,000 articles in 2020 about women who have actively contributed to Swedish society. This activity has been financed by Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. SKBL is produced by the University of Gothenburg and the articles are written by experts and researchers. The dictionary contains biographies of women who, across several centuries and in many different ways, have contributed to society’s development, both within Sweden and beyond. The entries, based on a mix of existing and brand-new research, were mainly selected with an emphasis on societal significance rather than personal fame. The selection includes female pioneers and women who fought for gender equality as well as th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1758 In Sweden
Events from the year 1758 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * * 28 September - Battle of Fehrbellin (1758) * 14 October - First issue of ''Norrköpings Tidningar''.”Kungl. Bibliotekets elektroniska version av Bernhard Lundstedt Sveriges periodiska litteratur, post I:70” * * * * Births * * 12 February - Claës Fredrik Hornstedt, naturalist (died 1809) * * * 30 August - Jonas Carl Linnerhielm, State Herald of Sweden, artist and writer (died 129) * 3 December – Marie Louise Marcadet, opera singer and actress (died 1804) * 31 December - Sophie Hagman, ballerina and royal mistress (died 1826) Deaths * * 29 April - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Lieutenant General and war hero (born 1720) * 20 May – Henric Benzelius, clergyman (born 1689) * * * * 26 October - Johan Helmich Roman, musician (born 1) * - Katarina Asplund, religious figure (born 1690) * - Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, royal favorite (born 1722) References Ye ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sophie Hagman
Anna Sophia "Sophie" Hagman, '' née'' Anna Kristina "Stina" Hagman (31 December 1758, in Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden – 6 May 1826, in Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish ballet dancer. She was the official royal mistress to Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden from 1778 to 1793. Early life Sophie Hagman was born in Eskilstuna as the daughter of the carpenter Peter Hagman (d. 1772) and Elisabet Hedman (d. 1767).Anna Stina (Sophie) Hagman, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/SophieHagman, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Marie Steinrud), hämtad 2018-06-01. She had two sisters, Christina Catharina och Elisabeth, and at least one brother, Carl Peter Hagman. She may have had another brother: in 1780, Prince Frederick expressed his intention to do something for the soldier Lars Hagman from Strängnäs, who was active in the Södermanland Regiment and previously unknown to him, probably because he was the brother of Sophie Hagman, and it was the custom for soldiers to serve in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julie Alix De La Fay
Léonne-Julie Alix de la Fay, also known as Julianne Bournonville and Madame Alix (14 December 1748 – 14 March 1826), was a French ballet dancer and dance instructor. She played an important part in the development of the Royal Swedish Ballet. She was the sister of the famous ballet dancer Antoine Bournonville and the aunt of August Bournonville. Life and career She was born Léonne-Julie Bournonville in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands, in 12 December 1748, as the child of the French actors Louis-Amable Bournonville and Jeanne Evrard, members of the theatre troupe of Charles-Simon Favart. She accompanied her parents to Lyon in the troupe of Noverre in 1759-60 and debuted in ''La Ciaconne'' by Jean Dupré in Vienne in 1765. She performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg under Gasparo Angiolini, and in Cassel in 1772-81. She arrived in Sweden in 1782, where she joined the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. In 1783, she was ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1917 In Sweden
Events from the year 1917 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Carl Swartz, and Nils Edén Events * 10–18 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. * 1 and 16 September: The 1917 Swedish general election result in the fall of the rightwing government in favor of the liberals. * The child serial killer Hilda Nilsson is put on trial. * The movie '' A Man There Was'' has its premier Births * 3 February – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (died 2001) Deaths * 14 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (born 1838) * 10 August - Hilda Nilsson, serial killer (born 1876) * 5 November - Louise Hammarström, chemist (born 1849) * Wilhelmina Lagerholm, photographer (born 1826) * Sophie Cysch, singer (born 1847) 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 for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wilhelmina Lagerholm
Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm (1826–1917) was a Swedish painter and an early professional female photographer. After first studying and practising painting, she turned mainly to photography in 1862, opening a studio in Örebro in central Sweden. Life Born on 25 March 1826 in Örebro, Lagerholm was the daughter of the surveyor Nils Fredrik Wilhelm Lagerholm and his wife Anna Elisabeth Ekman. She studied art in Stockholm, Paris and Düsseldorf, becoming proficient as a portraitist. From 1862 to 1871, she worked as a photographer in Örebro but then moved to Stockholm where she became a portrait and genre painter. In 1871, she became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Lagerholm died in Stockholm on 19 June 1917. She is remembered as one of Sweden's earliest professional female professional along with Emma Schenson in Uppsala, Hilda Sjölin in Malmö and Rosalie Sjöman in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1891 In Sweden
Events from the year 1891 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm, Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * 15 February – Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded. * 10 July – Erik Gustaf Boström becomes Prime Minister * Göteborgs högskola established * AIK Bandy * Djurgårdens IF Bandy * Skansen * Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union * Under röd flagg * Ursholmen Births * 23 May – Pär Lagerkvist, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974) * 1 July – Sten Selander, botanist and fiction writer (died 1957). * 2 July – Karin Kock-Lindberg, politician (died 1976) * 3 September – Curt Hartzell, gymnast (died 1975). * 13 October – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (died 1958). * 28 November – Gustaf Dyrssen, military officer (died 1981). Deaths * 11 January Carl Johan Thyselius politician (born 1811) * 6 September – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (born 1826) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elise Arnberg
Elisabeth (Elise) Zénaide Arnberg (11 November 1826 – 6 September 1891), was a Swedish Portrait miniature, miniaturist and photographer. She is foremost known for her portrait miniatures on ivory, but was also active as a photographer. She worked in water colors, gouache and Crayon. She frequently exhibited in Stockholm and her work is represented at the ''Nationalmuseum''. She was the daughter of the metalartist Eric Talén and Henrietta Engelbrecht and married the photographer Thure Arnberg (d. 1866) in 1859. She was a student of August Malmström and Anders Lundquist. Elise Arnberg lived in Falun during her marriage, but otherwise spent her life in Stockholm. References * Svenskt konstnärslexikon del I, Allhems Förlag, Malmö Libris 8390296 Further reading * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnberg, Elise 1826 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Swedish painters 19th-century Swedish photographers Swedish women painters Swedish painters Swedish women photographers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |