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1850 In Sweden
Events from the year 1850 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * 19 June – The wedding between Crown Prince Charles and Louise of the Netherlands.Lovisa, urn:sbl:9717, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Nils F Holm), hämtad 2013-11-01. * 30 July - First issue of ''Hallandsposten''. * - ''Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad'' is founded. * - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden is established in Sweden. * - The harpist Pauline Åhman becomes the first female instrumentalist employed at the Royal Swedish Chapel orchestra Kungliga Hovkapellet. Births * 17 February – Ann-Margret Holmgren, author, feminist and pacifist (died 1940) * 6 March – Victoria Benedictsson, writer (died 1888) * 23 April - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (died 1920) * 12 November - Calla Curman, host of a literary salon (died 1935) Deaths * 15 February – Elisabeth Forsselius Gertrud Elisabeth Forsselius née ''Forsell'', also cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850
Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city in California. * April 15 ** San Francisco is incorporated as a city in California. ** Angers Bridge collapses in France killing around 226 of the soldiers crossing it at the time. * April 19 – The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua, and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal. * May 23 – The puts to sea from New York to search for Franklin's lost expedition in the Arctic. * May 25 – The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times. * June 1 ** The transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins, as the transportation of British convicts to other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Benedictsson
Victoria Benedictsson (March 6, 1850 in Domme – July 21, 1888) was a Swedish author. She was born as Victoria Maria Bruzelius in Domme, a village in the province of Skåne. She wrote under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren. Notable works include ''Pengar'' (1885) and ''Fru Marianne'' (1887). Biography Benedictsson grew up on a farm in Sweden. At 21 she married a 49-year-old widower from Hörby. After an illness left her bed-bound, Benedictsson turned to writing, publishing her first collection of stories, ''Från Skåne,'' in 1884. She is, together with August Strindberg, regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style. In her novels she described the inequality of marriage and often debated women's rights issues in her writings. Current critics see her as an early feminist; earlier the focus was on her love affair with Georg Brandes. She also wrote plays one of which was entitled ''I Telefon'' (Swedish: On Telephone) which was performed twenty-sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850 In Sweden
Events from the year 1850 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * 19 June – The wedding between Crown Prince Charles and Louise of the Netherlands.Lovisa, urn:sbl:9717, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Nils F Holm), hämtad 2013-11-01. * 30 July - First issue of ''Hallandsposten''. * - ''Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad'' is founded. * - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden is established in Sweden. * - The harpist Pauline Åhman becomes the first female instrumentalist employed at the Royal Swedish Chapel orchestra Kungliga Hovkapellet. Births * 17 February – Ann-Margret Holmgren, author, feminist and pacifist (died 1940) * 6 March – Victoria Benedictsson, writer (died 1888) * 23 April - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (died 1920) * 12 November - Calla Curman, host of a literary salon (died 1935) Deaths * 15 February – Elisabeth Forsselius Gertrud Elisabeth Forsselius née ''Forsell'', also cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1780 In Sweden
Events from the year 1780 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * * 8 June – Henrik af Trolle is appointed general admiral and chief of the Swedish naval fleet. * August – Sweden, Denmark-Norway and Russia conduct an alliance of neutrality against Great Britain's privateers. Births * * 3 April – Abraham Rydberg, shipowner and philanthropist (d. 1845) * 4 July – Sofia Hjärne, baroness (d. 1860) * 15 July – Emilie Petersen, philanthropist (d. 1859) * Bror Cederström, minister of war (d. 1877) * Anna Carlström, licensed brothel owner (d. 1850) Deaths * April 5 – Ulrika Strömfelt, Swedish courtier (b. 1724) * Martin Nürenbach, stage artist and theater director (year of birth unknown) References External links 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Carlström
Anna Carlström, née ''Vickberg'' (13 February 1780 – 1850), was a Swedish procurer and brothel owner. She was the manager of the brothel "London" in Stockholm, one of the two brothels, London and Stadt Hamburg, which were supported by the authorities in a temporary experiment between 1838 and 1841 to control the spread of sexually transmitted disease. She was the owner of one of only two unique brothel licenses ever issued in her country at the time. Anna Carlström published her memoires in 1841. Early life Anna Carlström described her life in her memoirs, published in 1841, which may not give an altogether truthful picture: among other things, she claimed to have been the mother of 22 children. She was one of six children to Erik Wickberg, General contractor at the Olofsfors estate in Ångermanland, and Brita Christina Eriksdotter. She was allowed schooling until the age of fourteen, and was then made an apprentice of a farmer to learn how to manage a farm, with the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In Sweden
Events from the year 1808 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 21 February - Finnish War * 2 May - Battle of Pulkkila * 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg * 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. * 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki * 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki * 27 April - Battle of Revolax * 28 April - Battle of Furuholm * 19–20 June - Battle of Lemo * August - Jämtland Campaign of 1808 * 27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta * 18 September - Battle of Palva Sund * 26–28 September - Helsinki village landing * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his ''Föreläsningar i Djurkemien''. * - Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Jansson
Eric or Erik Jansson or Janson (19 December 1808 – 13 May 1850) was the leader of a Swedish Radical Pietism, Radical Pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 1846. Early and family life Jansson was born in Biskopskulla Church, Biskopskulla parish in Uppland, near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of farmer Jan Mattsson and his wife, Sarah Eriksdotter. He was a frail child, and became interested in reforming the state Lutheranism, Lutheran Church of Sweden as an adolescent. Believing that he was miraculously cured of rheumatism after experiencing a vision at age 22, Jansson became devoutly religious, and began reading works of the German mystic Johann Arndt. Particularly after another mystical experience while visiting the market at Uppsala ten years later, Jansson developed beliefs that conflicted with the state Luther's Large Catechism, catechism. Swedish ministry and conflicts By 1841 Jansson, though a layman, was preaching in the Västmanland province. Especially in Torstu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 In Sweden
Events from the year 1771 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick then Gustav III Events * 12 February – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden dies, and are succeeded by Gustav III of Sweden (at the time on a visit to France). * 1 March - The news of the King's death reach Gustav III of Sweden in Paris. * 30 May - Gustav III of Sweden returns to Sweden as monarch. * 8 September – The Royal Swedish Academy of Music is created. * - The '' Du Londel Troupe'' is dissolved. * - Widespread famine in Sweden following a dry summer and then heavy rains during the late summer and fall, leading to widespread crop failures. * - The first newspaper in the Swedish province of Finland, ''Tidningar utgifne af et Sällskap i Åbo''. * - Sweden and France creates an alliance. * - Foundation of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. * - Foundation of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. * - The notorious thief Jacob Guntlack is executed in the capital in front of thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Forsselius
Gertrud Elisabeth Forsselius née ''Forsell'', also called Forselia, later known as Elisabet Haeffner and Elisabet Fahlgren (23 January 1771 – 15 February 1850), was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Life Elisabeth Forsselius is believed to have been the daughter of the clerk Jacob Forssell (d. 1807) and Anna Magdalena Schylander (1778-1848). She was the sister of the opera singer Gustava Rebecka Forsselia (1772-?). She married the composer Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner in 1787, divorced him in 1807 and remarried the opera singer Johan Jacob Fahlgren (1786-1848), who had previously been the student of her husband and their tenant, the following year. Career Elisabeth Forsselius was active both as an opera singer and an actress, but she had most success as an actress. She enrolled as a student at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1783, and continued to be active there in a minor capacity until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Sweden
Events from the year 1935 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Births * 19 August – Sun Axelsson, novelist (died 2011) * 3 September – Assar Rönnlund, cross-country skier (died 2011). * 22 September – Eilert Määttä, ice hockey player (died 2011). Exact date unknown * Erik Beckman, poet, novelist and playwright (died 1995). * Per Agne Erkelius, novelist, playwright and teacher (died 2010). Deaths * 9 January - Dina Edling, opera singer (born 1854) * 27 January – Anna Boberg, artist (born 1864) * 2 February – Calla Curman, literary personality (born 1850) * 26 February – Hilda Sachs, journalist (born 1857) * 19 October - Maria Cederschiöld, journalist and suffragette (born 1856) * 21 December — Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, satirist and writer (born 1890) * 30 December – Gertrud Månsson, politician (born 1866) References 1930s in Sweden Years of the 20th century in Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calla Curman
Calla Curman, née ''Lundström'' (1850–1935), was a Swedish writer, salon-holder and feminist. She was also the founder of Stångehuvud nature reserve and one of the five founders of the women's association Nya Idun. Family Calla Curman was born on 12 November 1850 in Jönköping, Sweden, the only child of wealthy industrialist and his wife Sofie Malmberg (1830–1897). She received in-home tutoring from a private tutor. At the age of 17, she married Adolf Liljenroth (1836–1874), a battalion physician, with whom she had two children, and . A few years after she was widowed by Liljenroth, Calla's parents took her on a trip to Italy. The educated Carl Curman, whom she had met on a visit with her mother to Lysekil during a few summer weeks in 1864, was invited to join them as a guide for the Italian trip. In 1877 she returned to Lysekil, then as Professor Carl Curman's guest. The following year they were married. He had worked as a spa doctor in Lysekil since 1859. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 In Sweden
Events from the year 1920 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Nils Edén, Hjalmar Branting, Gerhard Louis De Geer Events * 4–17 September – the 1920 Swedish general election * The local social democratic women's clubs of Sweden is organised in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden. * Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights. Sports *August/September – at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Sweden won 64 Olympic medals, including nineteen gold medals. Births * 17 April – Bengt Anderberg, writer. * 31 October – Gunnar Gren, footballer (died 1991). Deaths * 7 April – Hildegard Björck, scholar, first woman in Sweden to gain a degree (born 1847) * 10 April - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (born 1835) * 21 June - Nanna Hoffman factory owner (born 1846) * 20 November – Ida Göthilda Nilsson, sculptor (born 1840) * 27 October - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (born 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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