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1870 In Sweden
Events from the year 1870 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV Events * - In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, the first Gymnasium (school), gymnasium for women is opened (at Wallinska skolan in Stockholm). * - Universities open to women (at the same terms as men 1873).Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok 1979 * - The first Folk high school open to women is founded by Fredrique Paijkull. * - The Bukowskis is founded * - First issue of ''Sydsvenskan'' Births * 25 January - Helge von Koch, mathematician (died 1924 in Sweden, 1924) * 27 May - Anna Stecksén, pathologist (died 1904 in Sweden, 1904) * 3 April - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat (died 1942 in Sweden, 1942) * 7 April – Anna Lindhagen, politician and social reformer (died 1941 in Sweden, 1941) * 2 October - Hilma Swedahl, gold prospector (died 1965 in Sweden, 1965) * 11 November - Sigfrid Edström, 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870
Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins in New York City. * January 6 – The ''Musikverein'', Vienna, is inaugurated in Austria-Hungary. * January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. * January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (''A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion'' by Thomas Nast for ''Harper's Weekly''). * January 23 – Marias Massacre: U.S soldiers attack a peaceful camp of Piegan Blackfeet Indians, led by chief Heavy Runner. * January 26 – Reconstruction Era (United States): Virginia rejoins the Union. This year it adopts a new Constitution, drawn up by John Curtiss Underwood, expanding suffrage to all male citizens over 21, including freedmen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Stecksén
Anna Magdalena Stecksén (May 27, 1870 – October 15, 1904) was a Swedish scientist, physician and pathologist. She was the first female Doctor of Medicine in Sweden. Born in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ..., Anna Stecksén was the daughter of general major Johan Olof Billdau Stecksén, who encouraged her to pursue advanced education. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts at Uppsala University in 1890, and became a student at Karolinska institutet the same year. She pursued her studies at Tübingen and Paris 1898–99. At a time when most women who studied medicine specialized in gynecology, she specialized in pathology She became the first Swedish woman to defend a thesis in medicine. She was awarded the Doctor of Medicine in 1900. Her the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 In Sweden
Events from the year 1870 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV Events * - In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, the first Gymnasium (school), gymnasium for women is opened (at Wallinska skolan in Stockholm). * - Universities open to women (at the same terms as men 1873).Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok 1979 * - The first Folk high school open to women is founded by Fredrique Paijkull. * - The Bukowskis is founded * - First issue of ''Sydsvenskan'' Births * 25 January - Helge von Koch, mathematician (died 1924 in Sweden, 1924) * 27 May - Anna Stecksén, pathologist (died 1904 in Sweden, 1904) * 3 April - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat (died 1942 in Sweden, 1942) * 7 April – Anna Lindhagen, politician and social reformer (died 1941 in Sweden, 1941) * 2 October - Hilma Swedahl, gold prospector (died 1965 in Sweden, 1965) * 11 November - Sigfrid Edström, 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 In Sweden
Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the first state university in the United States. * January 16 – War of the First Coalition: Flanders campaign: The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. * January 18 – Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam: William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country. * January 19 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). * January 20 – French troops enter Amsterdam. * January 23 – Flanders campaign: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th Hussars. * February 7 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Reuterdahl
Henrik Reuterdahl (11 September 1795 in Malmö – 28 June 1870 in Uppsala) was a Swedish Lutheran clergyman who served as the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala from 1856 to his death. Biography Born in Malmö, he was orphaned at an early age and had to rely on others for his education and support. Despite this he managed to get a higher education at the Lund University in theology, philology and Church history, influenced by local academic dignities such as Erik Gustaf Geijer as well as the works of the German Schleiermacher that had just become appreciated in Lund. He later published a thorough history of the Church in Sweden (4 volumes, 1838–1866). Reuterdahl served as an associate professor at the theological seminary until 1826 and in 1844, he became a professor of dogma. Reuterdahl was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1848 and of the Swedish Academy from 1852. References External links *Article Reuterdahl, HenrikNordisk familjebok '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss Civil Code (articles 60–79). Founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern ( Summer, Winter, and Youth) Olympic Games. The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and of the worldwide "Olympic Movement", the IOC's term for all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. As of 2020, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC. The current president of the IOC is Thomas Bach. The stated mission of the IOC is to promote the Olympics throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the organization, development, and coordination of sport and sports competitions; *To ensure the regular c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigfrid Edström
Johannes Sigfrid Edström (11 November 1870 – 18 March 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee. Early life Edström was born in the tiny village of Morlanda, on the island of Orust, Bohuslän. He studied at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, where he graduated in 1891, and continued studying at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, and the United States. In his youth, he was a top sprinter, capable of finishing the 100 m in 11 seconds. He was the director of the Gothenburg trams from 1900 to 1903, where he was in charge of electrifying them, and of the electrotechnical company ASEA from 1903 to 1933, and president of ASEA's board from 1934 until 1939. Edström was involved in Swedish sports administration, and helped organise the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. During the Olympics, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) was established, and Edström was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 In Sweden
Events in the year 1965 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Births *5 January - Patrik Sjöberg, high jumper *23 January - Hans Wallmark. politician *29 January - Peter Lundgren, tennis player and coach *27 February - Joakim Sundström, sound editor, sound designer and musician *7 March - Jesper Parnevik, golfer *4 August - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister *3 October - Jan-Ove Waldner, table tennis player *9 December - Martin Ingvarsson. Deaths *7 March - Louise, Queen-consort of Sweden (born 1889). *26 July - Edvin Fältström (born 1890). *17 October - Anders Henrikson (born 1896). References Years of the 20th century in Sweden 1960s in Sweden 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Swedahl
Hilma Swedahl, née ''Wounsch'' (2 October 1870 – 2 July 1965) was a Swedish-American gold prospector and the founder of the Swedish tourist village of ''Alaska i Strömstad''. Hilma Wounsch was born on the island of Syd-Hälsö, Strömstads kommun in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. She was the daughter of a fisher in Bohuslän. During the spring of 1896, she traveled to New York City, where she worked as a domestic. After four years, she left for Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush. She joined a group of young people in Dawson with whom she reached the gold camp near Ruby, Alaska. She lived alone in the wilderness for fifteen years until she married John Swedahl, a gold prospector originally from Trondheim, Norway. The couple visited Sweden in 1912 and in 1928. After the last visit, Hilma Swedahl remained in Sweden, while her husband returned to the United States. During the 1930s, she founded the ''Alaska i Strömstad'', a park and rock garden located on ''Norra Långön ... [...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] |
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 of Allotment (gardening), allotment in Sweden. She was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden), National Association for Women's Suffrage. Lindhagen was a member of the Stockholm City Council in 1911–1923. Life Anna Lindhagen was the daughter of Albert Lindhagen and the sister of Carl Lindhagen and Arthur Lindhagen. She was a licensed nurse and an activist within the Labour movement: from 1902 until 1925, she worked as a child care inspector for the Stockholm Poor care. In 1902, Lindhagen was one of the leading figures who called for the formation of a women's organisation for women suffrage, which was founded as the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage. With her combined memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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