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1869 In Sweden
Events from the year 1869 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events *10 July – Gävle is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless. * Malmö SS is founded. * Women are allowed to work in the railway office.Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm. Births * 10 April – Signe Bergman, women's right activist (died 1960) * 28 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (died 1954) * 2 July – Hjalmar Söderberg, writer (died 1941) * 21 October – Stina Berg, actress (died 1930) * 6 December – Otto Nordenskjöld, geologist, geographer and polar explorer (died 1928) Deaths * 28 January – Sophie Bolander, writer (born 1807) * 22 September – Ulrika Sofia De Geer, countess and salonnière (born 1793) * 12 November – Carl Georg Brunius, classical scholar, art historian, archaeologist and architect (born 1793) References Years of the 19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869
Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 In Sweden
Events from the year 1941 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav V * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Events * 20 January - The Trolleybus is introduced to Stockholm. * 25 June - 163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) starts to travel through Sweden. Births * 3 February - Monica Nordquist Deaths * 3 January - Henning Ohlson, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1884) * 8 April – Gulli Petrini, women's rights activist (b. 1867) * 3 May – Selma Ek, operatic soprano (b. 1856) * 15 May – Anna Lindhagen Anna Lindhagen (7 April 1870 in Stockholm – 15 May 1941 in Stockholm) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat), social reformer and women's rights activist. In collaboration with Anna Åbergsson, she was a leading force in the introduction ..., politician (b. 1870) References Years of the 20th century in Sweden 1941 by country {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Sweden
Events from the year 1869 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events *10 July – Gävle is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless. * Malmö SS is founded. * Women are allowed to work in the railway office.Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm. Births * 10 April – Signe Bergman, women's right activist (died 1960) * 28 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (died 1954) * 2 July – Hjalmar Söderberg, writer (died 1941) * 21 October – Stina Berg, actress (died 1930) * 6 December – Otto Nordenskjöld, geologist, geographer and polar explorer (died 1928) Deaths * 28 January – Sophie Bolander, writer (born 1807) * 22 September – Ulrika Sofia De Geer, countess and salonnière (born 1793) * 12 November – Carl Georg Brunius, classical scholar, art historian, archaeologist and architect (born 1793) References Years of the 19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Georg Brunius
Carl Georg Brunius (23 March 1793 – 12 November 1869) was a classical scholar, art historian, archaeologist and architect. He served as a professor and rector at Lund University. During 1833-59, he led the restoration work of Lund Cathedral. Biography Brunius was born at Tanum parish in Tanum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. He was the son of the vicar Gomer Brunius and his wife Mariana Rodhe. He studied at Lund University, where he became a candidate in philology in 1813, a candidate in philosophy in 1814, a master of philosophy in 1814. He became an associate professor of Greek language at Lund University in 1815 and extra regular assistant professor in 1816, assistant professor in 1820. He became professor of Greek in 1824 filling the vacancy created when Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846) became Bishop of the Diocese of Växjö. Brunius also served as rector in 1831 and 1841 and retired as professor emeritus in 1858. Brunius spent most of his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 In Sweden
Events from the year 1793 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 7 January - Ebel riots in Stockholm. * 9 March - Riot among students in Scania. * May - Reuterholm completes a defense treaty with revolutionary France. * 18 December - Magdalena Rudenschöld is the first to be arrested when the Armfelt Conspiracy of the Gustavian Party against the guardian government is exposed. * - The Royal Dramatic Theatre changes localities from the Bollhuset to Makalös in Stockholm, and the Bollhuset building is torn down. * - The Royal Dramatic Training Academy is regulated and given its organization by Anne Marie Milan Desguillons and Joseph Sauze Desguillons.Ingrid Luterkort: Om igen, herr Molander! Kungliga Dramatiska teaterns elevskola 1787–1964, 1998. Births * 27 February - Elisabeth Frösslind, opera singer and actress (died 1861) * 20 August - Ulrika Sofia De Geer, salonnière (died 1869) * 14 October - Erik Johan Stagnelius, romantic poet (died 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Sofia De Geer
Ulrika "Ulla" Sofia De Geer, née ''Sprengtporten'' (20 August 1793 – 22 September 1869 in Stockholm), was a politically influential Swedish countess and salon holder. She was married to the politician count Carl De Geer, over whom she is believed to have exerted influence, and was a central figure in the Stockholm high society in the mid-19th century. Life Ulla De Geer was born to Baron Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten and Sophia Lovisa Mörner af Morlanda and the sister of the politician baron Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten. She married the politician count Carl De Geer in 1810. The marriage was arranged and she had been forced to abandon Karl Fredrik Reinhold von Essen, with whom she was truly in love. This caused a depression which attracted attention: after the death of von Essen in 1820, she publicly dressed in mourning as if she were a widow. Ulla De Geer was a leading member of the Stockholm high society life and hosted a salon which was a center of political discussions. She u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1807 In Sweden
Events from the year 1807 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania. * - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen. * - The land reform ''Enskiftet'' is enforced in all Sweden-Finland, which signified the end of traditional village life. * - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 Births * 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864) * 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877) * 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844) * 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892) * Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869) * Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893) Deaths * - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, balleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Bolander
''Sophie'' Christina Mathilda Bolander (28 January 1807 – 2 June 1869), was a Swedish author. She is most famed for her participation in the contemporary debate on gender issues. Life Sophie Bolander was born in Gothenburg, the daughter of the wealthy factory owner Gustav Erik Bolander (d. 1826) and Johanna Kristina Carlström. She never married. She lost her mother at an early age, and after the death of her father, she lived with her brother. She worked as a governess in the household of count Posse in 1838–1844, and as a music teacher in the ''Kjellbergska flickskolan'' in 1845–1855. Career Her anti-aristocratic novel ''Trolldomstecknet'' (The Magic Sign) has been regarded as one of the first tendency novels in Sweden. During the 1850s, many of her novels were published as serials in papers such as ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'', ''Post- och Inrikes Tidningar'' and '' Aftonbladet''. Her novels were romance stories, often in a historical setting. Bolander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 In Sweden
Events from the year 1928 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman, Arvid Lindman Events Literature * '' Anna Svärd'', novel by Selma Lagerlöf Sport * 24–29 January – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm Births * 24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017) * 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008) * 29 June – Hans Cavalli-Björkman, lawyer * 15 July – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989). * 15 July – Hans Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player. * 18 July – Stig Grybe, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017) * 12 December – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (d. 1998) * 21 December – Stig Sjölin, boxer (died 1995). Deaths * 6 February - Amanda Christensen, seamstress and business person (born 1863) * 21 June – Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, botanist (born 1856) * 20 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Nordenskjöld
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Early life Nordenskjöld was born in Hässleby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a Finland Swedish family that included his maternal uncle, the polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, and cousin Gustaf Nordenskiöld. His father and mother were cousins, but his father's family name was "Nordenskjöld", while his mother's family name was spelled "Nordenskiöld". He studied at Uppsala University, obtaining a doctorate in geology in 1894, and later became a lecturer and then associate professor in the university's geology department. Career Otto Nordenskjöld led mineralogical expeditions to Patagonia in the 1890s, and to Alaska and the Klondike area in 1898. Antarctic Expedition Nordenskjöld led the 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Their ship ''Antarctic'', commanded by the seasoned Antarctic sailor Carl Anton Larsen, visited Bueno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In Sweden
Events from the year 1930 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustaf V of Sweden, Gustaf V * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Arvid Lindman, Carl Gustaf Ekman Events *25 November – The Swedish Handball Federation is founded of the Swedish Game Association. Births * 11 January – Björn von der Esch, politician (died 2010). * 17 January – Ingrid von Rosen, diarist (died 1995 in Sweden, 1995) * 23 April – Margareta Ekström, writer. * 17 July – Sigvard Ericsson, speed-skater. * 15 October – Ingemar Mundebo, politician (died 2018 in Sweden, 2018) * 18 November – Sonja Edström, cross country skier. Deaths * 14 May – Erik Algot Fredriksson, tug-of-war competitor, Olympic champion (born 1885 in Sweden, 1885) . * 5 June – Eric Lemming, athlete (born 1880 in Sweden, 1880) . * 15 June – Anna Whitlock, reform pedagogue, journalist, suffragette and feminist (born 1852 in Sweden, 1852) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
