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1888 In Sweden
Events from the year 1888 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Robert Themptander, Gillis Bildt Events * 6 February – Gillis Bildt assumed the position of prime minister * 25 June – The UmeÃ¥ city fire destroyed most of the city of UmeÃ¥ * 30 September – Elizabeth Stride is murdered in Whitechapel in London. * The Iron Ore Line is opened. * The trade union Swedish Metalworkers' Union is formed. * The mursmäckas launched a strike in Stockholm to raise their salary. This attracted a great deal of attention because of their gender, and the newspapers called it The Women's Strike. * The Women's Worker's Club, the first political club for women in Sweden, is founded by Elma Danielsson in Malmö. * The temperance activist Emilie Rathou became the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech. * The ''Fotografiska Föreningen'' (Photographic Society) is founded: the first woman, Anna Hwass, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West Orange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvinnliga Arbetarklubben
Kvinnliga arbetarklubben or Malmö kvinnliga arbetareförbund (literary:'Women's Worker's Club' or 'Malmö Women's Worker's Association') was a pioneer worker's association for women in Malmö in Sweden, founded 17 October 1888 and dissolved in 1892. It was the first organisation for women in the Swedish labour movement. It was also one of the first organisations of the Swedish labour movements, founded one year prior to the Swedish Social Democratic Party. Foundation The 1880s was a period of great activity and organisation of the new labour movement in Sweden, as well as the introduction of Socialism within it. While women came to be included in the labour movement, there where discrimination as well as a principal dislike within it to organise any sort of separate women's organisations, because according to the dominant belief within the movement, women's concerns were to be dealt with in parallel to men's, not separately, which could sometime result in women workers needs bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritz Eriksson
Mauritz Eriksson (18 December 1888 – 14 February 1947) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he won the gold medal as member of the Swedish team in the team free rifle event and the bronze medal in the team military rifle competition. In the 1912 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events: * 300 metre free rifle, three positions - 14th place * 600 metre free rifle - 38th place Eight years later he won the silver medal in the 600 metre military rifle, prone event and two bronze medals in military rifle team competitions. In the 1920 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events: * Team 300 metre military rifle, prone - fifth place * 300 metre military rifle, prone - sixth place * Team 300 and 600 metre military rifle, prone - sixth place * Team free rifle - sixth place * 300 metre free rifle, three positions - seventh place In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…ke Lundeberg
Ã…ke Lundeberg (14 December 1888 – 29 May 1939) was a Swedish sport shooter who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... Lundederg was a military officer and a forest manager, who belonged to the State Forestry School in Kloten at the time of 1912 Olympics. He retired early and returned to his home town of Gävle, where he died aged 50.Ã…ke Lundeberg Swedish Olympic Committee References 1888 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Brändström
Elsa Brändström (26 March 1888 – 4 March 1948) was a Swedish nurse and philanthropist. She was known as the "Angel of Siberia" (german: Engel von Sibirien). Life and commitment Elsa Brändström was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was the daughter of the Military Attaché at the Swedish Embassy, Edvard Brändström (1850–1921) and his wife Anna Wilhelmina Eschelsson (1855–1913). In 1891, when she was three years old, the family returned to Sweden. In 1906, Brändström, now a general, became the Swedish Ambassador at the court of Tsar Nicholas II and returned to St Petersburg. Elsa spent her childhood in Linköping in Sweden. From 1906 to 1908, she studied at Anna Sandström Teachers Training College (''Anna Sandströms högre lärarinneseminarium'') in Stockholm but returned to St. Petersburg in 1908. Her mother died in 1913. Elsa was in St. Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I and volunteered for a position as a nurse in the Imperial Russian Army. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Janse
Axel Johan Janse (18 March 1888 – 18 August 1973) was a Swedish gymnast. He was part of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ....Axel Janse sports-reference.com He was also a military pilot, and a model for the sculpture ''Deliverer'' in Örebro. Swedish Olympic Committee References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Steier
Lisa Steier (''Anna Elisabeth'') (26 January 1888 – 28 August 1928) was a Swedish ballerina and ballet master. Biography Steier was born in Stockholm, and was a student of Gunhild Rosén, Hans Beck and Michel Fokine. She became a student at the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1895; a figurant dancer in 1906, second dancer in 1908, premier dancer in 1913 (until 1924), an instructor of the ballet in 1921–1924 and ballet master in 1926–1927. She was also a dance teacher in Dramatens elevskola for the actors at the Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the .... Her most known parts was the main part in ''Sylfiderna'', Arsinoe in ''Kleopatra'', Papillon in ''Karneval'', the solopart of ''Svanorna'' as well as various parts in the oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…ke Lundeberg 1912
Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian ''Åge'' or ''Aage''. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include: * Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor *Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer *Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University *Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor *Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor * Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist *Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast *Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower *Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter *Åke Hellman (born 1940), Swedish accordionist *Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebba Bernadotte
Princess Ebba Bernadotte (''née'' Ebba Henrietta Munck af Fulkila; 24 October 1858 – 16 October 1946), was a Swedish noble, lady-in-waiting and a titular princess, the spouse of Prince Oscar Bernadotte. Life She was the daughter of Finnish-born noble Colonel Carl Jacob and Baroness Henrica Cederström. She was a lady-in-waiting of the Crown Princess, Victoria of Baden, who in 1885 visited her brother-in-law in Amsterdam, where he was to undergo a medical examination for a heart difficulty. Marriage Ebba and Oscar visited the Norwegian sailor church during their stay in Amsterdam and fell in love: Ebba was religious and influenced Oscar in this regard. When Oscar told his family that he wished to marry Ebba, they were scandalized and he was forced to take a two-year consideration period, and Ebba was dismissed as a lady-in-waiting. In 1887, Oscar told his family that he had not changed his mind, and the Royal House gave its consent to the marriage on condition that Oscar's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (15 November 1859 – 4 October 1953) was a Swedish religious activist, the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau. Born as a Prince of Sweden and Norway, he was known as Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. However, by marrying contrary to Swedish constitutional requirements, he lost those titles, becoming instead Luxembourgish nobility as Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg. Career Prince Oscar, before his marriage, served in the Swedish Navy, where he was enlisted for 25 years and attained the rank of Vice Admiral. In his youth, he visited the United States several times, beginning in 1876, and sailed around the world from 1883 to 1885 on the ''Vanadis''. Bernadotte was very active in social organizations, especially religious ones, such as the YMCA of Sweden and ''Friends of Mission to the Laps'', both of which he chaired for many years. As the only member of Swedish royalty known to be ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotografiska Föreningen
Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden that was founded by brothers Jan and Per Broman and opened on 21 May 2010. In March 2021, it merged with NeueHouse and is operated by Yoram Roth and Josh Wyatt under the parent company CultureWorks. Details Fotografiska is housed at Stadsgården, in a former customs houseNew Stockholm photography museum opens with Leibovitz show , ''The Independent'', 4 May 2010. in the Art Nouveau style dating from 1906 and has amenities typical of a museum: exhibit space, bistro, café, bar, conference rooms, museum shop, gallery, and event spaces. As of 2020, it drew more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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