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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] |
Sophie Sager
Sophie (or Sofie) Sager, (Växjö, Sweden, 1825 – New York City, United States, 1902), was a Swedish writer and feminist. She was one of the first feminist activists and speakers for the modern women's movement in Sweden. She is also known for her part in the famous Sager Case (1848), where she sued a man for attempted rape and won the case, which was one of the most famous Swedish criminal cases of her time. Life She was born to a wealthy family and was educated in a girls' school. As an adult, she became poor and supported herself as governess. She wished to start a dress-shop, and educated herself to a tailor in Stockholm in 1848. In Stockholm, she was offered a room by an elder man by the name of Möller. She accepted, but was attacked sexually by him in her bed at his house. Sager fought back, and frustrated by her resistance, Möller abused her badly, although she managed to resist an actual rape. She managed to escape his house and was given help by a doctor, who documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina Stålberg
Carolina Wilhelmina Stålberg (26 November 1803, Stockholm – 23 July 1872, Mariefred Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,726 inhabitants in 2010. The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary" ( ...) was a Swedish writer, poet, translator, and lyricist. She worked under the pseudonym "Wilhelmina". Selected works References Sources *Krook, Axel (1872). ''Wilhelmina Ståhlberg (obituary)''. Svea Folk-kalender (1873): sid. 221–224. Libris 2105141 *Stålberg, Karolina Vilhelmina, ''Nordisk familjebok'' (2nd edition, 1918) Further reading * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stalberg, Wilhelmina 1803 births 1872 deaths 19th-century Swedish women writers 19th-century translators Writers from Stockholm Swedish lyricists Swedish women poets Swedish poets Swedish translators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 In Sweden
Events from the year 1779 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * Carl Wilhelm Scheele creates Glycerol. * The first theater in Gothenburg, ''Comediehuset'', is inaugurated.Wilhelm Berg: Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar / Band 2. 1794–1816 (1896–1900) Births * 26 July - Erik Gustaf Göthe, sculptor (died 1838) * 20 August - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist (died 1848) * 15 October - Johan Olof Wallin, orator, poet and archbishop (died 1839) * Charlotta Aurora De Geer, salonist (died 1834) * 16 December – Vilhelmina Gyldenstolpe, court official (died 1858) * Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer (died 1809) Deaths * 16 November - Pehr Kalm, explorer (born 1716) * Henrika Juliana von Liewen, salonist (born 1709) * Jean François Beylon, courtier (born 1717 Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (; by himself and his contemporaries named only Jacob Berzelius, 20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1808 and served from 1818 as its principal functionary. He is known in Sweden as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry". Berzelius Day is celebrated on 20 August in honour of him. Although Berzelius began his career as a physician, his enduring contributions were in the fields of electrochemistry, chemical bonding and stoichiometry. In particular, he is noted for his determination of atomic weights and his experiments that led to a more complete understanding of the principles of stoichiometry, which is the branch of chemistry pertaining to the quantitative relationships between elements in chemical compounds and chemical reactions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1783 In Sweden
Events from the year 1783 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * * * - Creation of the ''Walhalla-orden'' * - Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Sweden) * June - Gustav III has plans to conquer the Danish province of Norway, and meet with Catherine the Great in Finland in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her to end the Russian-Danish alliance. * - '' Norrköping jungfrustift'' is founded. * 27 September - Gustav III begun his trip to Italy and France. * - '' Bacchi Tempel'', by Carl Michael Bellman * - Giovanna Bassi is engaged at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Births * * 12 January - Erik Gustaf Geijer, writer (died 1847) * * * 3 September - Sophie Karsten, ballerina (died 1862) * 22 October - Maria Johanna Görtz, artist (died 1853) * 18 December - Johan Niclas Byström, sculptor (died 1848) Deaths * * Brita Ryy, educator (born 1725) * 26 May – Anna Maria Hilfeling, miniaturist (born 1713) * date unknown - Maria Katari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Niclas Byström
Johan Niclas Byström (December 18, 1783 – 1848) was a Swedish sculptor. Byström was born at Filipstad and went to Stockholm at the age of twenty, studying there for three years under Johan Tobias Sergel. In 1809 he gained the prize of the Royal Academy of Arts, and in the following year visited Rome. He sent home a beautiful work, "The Reclining Bacchante," in half life size, which raised him at once to the first rank among Swedish sculptors. On his return to Stockholm in 1816, he presented the crown prince (the later king Charles XIV) with a colossal statue of himself, and was entrusted with several important works. Although he was appointed professor of sculpture at the academy, he soon returned to Italy, and with the exception of the years from 1838 to 1844 continued to reside there. He died in Rome in 1848. Among Byström's numerous productions the best are his representations of the female form, such as Hebe, Pandora, Juno suckling Hercules (''infra''), and ''Girl Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Stebnowska
Mariane Theresia ''Sophie'' (Maria Sofia) Stebnowska also called Zofia Stępkowska or ''Stempkosta'' (13 July 1753 or 1761 – 16 February 1848) was a Swedish opera singer and harpist of Polish origin. She has been referred to as one of the more notable stage artists of the Gustavian era Royal Swedish Opera. She was the maternal grandmother of the famous ballerina Marie Taglioni. Life and career Sophie Stebnowska reportedly arrived to Sweden from Paris in France in the company of the British ambassador to Sweden, Sir Thomas Wroughton, previously ambassador to Poland, with whom she was in a relationship at the time.Forsstrand, Carl, Sophie Hagman och hennes samtida: några anteckningar från det gustavianska Stockholm Sophie Hagman and her contemporaries. Notes from Stockholm during the Gustavian age' Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm, 1911 This would have been in 1778, when Sir Thomas Wroughton left his ambassadorship in Poland for the same office in Sweden. She married ... [...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] |
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] |
1922 In Sweden
Events from the year 1922 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting Events * 4–12 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. * 27 August – 1922 Swedish prohibition referendum * 17 November – The Swedish Ice Hockey Association is founded in Stockholm by representatives from seven clubs. * Date unknown – Dissolution of the ''Allmänna Barnhuset''. * Date unknown – Foundation of the ''Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad''. Births * 17 March – Gustav Freij, wrestler (died 1973). * 6 May – Sandro Key-Åberg, writer (died 1991). * 1 June – Baron Povel Ramel, musician and entertainer (died 2007) * 10 June – Ann-Britt Leyman, athlete (died 2013). * 1 August – Kjell Hjertsson, footballer (died 2013). * 8 October – Nils Liedholm, footballer (died 2007). Deaths * 2 July – Gurli Åberg, stage actress (born 1843) * Maria Andersson (businesswoman) (born 1837 Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Hjärne
Harald Gabriel Hjärne (2 May 1848, in Klastorp, Skövde – 6 January 1922, in Uppsala) was a Swedish historian. Hjärne held one of the chairs of history at Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ... from 1889 until 1913, and was a member of the Swedish Academy 1903 - 1922. He was a member of the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 1902-1908 and of its First Chamber 1912-1918. Lorents, Yngve, "Hjärne, Harald", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', 19 (1971-73), pp. 156-163 References 1848 births 1922 deaths People from Skövde Municipality 20th-century Swedish historians Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish politicians Burials at Uppsala old cemetery 19th-century Swedish historians {{Sweden-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
