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1897 In Sweden
Events from the year 1897 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm * The Swedish Transport Workers' Union was founded. * Sturehof is opened. * Elsa Eschelsson become the first female with a Doctor of Laws in Sweden. * Märtha Leth becomes the first formally educated and licensed female pharmacist in Sweden. Sport *IFK Eskilstuna founded *Göteborgs FF founded *Hammarby IF Bandy founded *IFK Norrköping founded Births * 22 March – Carl Munters, inventor (died 1989) * 30 March – Martin Hindorff, sailor (died 1969). * 18 April – Per-Erik Hedlund, cross country skier (died 1975). * 5 July – Ã…ke Häger, gymnast (died 1968). * 17 August – Erik Charpentier, gymnast (died 1978). Deaths * 30 January – Robert Themptander, prime minister (born 1844) * 12 September - Fredrika Limnell, salonnière, philanthropist, women's rights activist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFK Norrköping
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Östgötaporten. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are white and blue. Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won thirteen national championship titles and six national cup titles. The club plays in the highest Swedish tier, Allsvenskan, which they first won in 1943. IFK Norrköping were most successful during the 1940s, when they won five Swedish championships and two Svenska Cupen titles under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler and with players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm. IFK Norrköping won the 2015 Allsvenskan, their first win since 1989, which also gave them a spot in the second qualification round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. History IFK Norrköping dominated Swedish football in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 In Sweden
Events from the year 1897 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm * The Swedish Transport Workers' Union was founded. * Sturehof is opened. * Elsa Eschelsson become the first female with a Doctor of Laws in Sweden. * Märtha Leth becomes the first formally educated and licensed female pharmacist in Sweden. Sport *IFK Eskilstuna founded *Göteborgs FF founded *Hammarby IF Bandy founded *IFK Norrköping founded Births * 22 March – Carl Munters, inventor (died 1989) * 30 March – Martin Hindorff, sailor (died 1969). * 18 April – Per-Erik Hedlund, cross country skier (died 1975). * 5 July – Ã…ke Häger, gymnast (died 1968). * 17 August – Erik Charpentier, gymnast (died 1978). Deaths * 30 January – Robert Themptander, prime minister (born 1844) * 12 September - Fredrika Limnell, salonnière, philanthropist, women's rights activist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1826 In Sweden
Events from the year 1826 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * * - '' Barnängens manufaktur'' is closed in Stockholm. Births * 19 January - Rudolf Wall, publisher and journalist (died 1893) * 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (died 1897) * 18 February – Lea Ahlborn, metallist (died 1897) * 5 June - Ivar Hallström, composer (died 1901) * 19 July - Elsa Borg, educator and social worker (died 1909) * 26 August – Johan Fredrik Höckert, artist (died 1866) * 2 September – Augusta Dorothea Eklund, street peddler and eccentric (died 1895) * 16 October - Mathilda Ebeling, soprano (died 1851) * 11 November – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (died 1891) * Wilhelmina Lagerholm, photographer (died 1917) Deaths * 14 March – Julie Alix de la Fay ballerina (born 1746) * 6 May - Sophie Hagman, ballerina and royal mistress (born 1758) * 19 June - Elsa Fougt, chief editor (born 1754) * 17 November – Caroline Müller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvard Swartz
Edvard Maurits Swartz (15 February 1826, Stockholm – 14 December 1897, Stockholm), was a Swedish stage actor. He was one of the star actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in the mid 19th century. Life Edvard Swartz became a student of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1839, and was employed at the ''Mindre teatern'' in 1845–53 before being given a contract at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1853, where he made a success. He was seen as a great talent in tragedy and hero parts, and for his "deep sense of feeling". He was considered very attractive during his first years at the royal stage: when he did the role of Rochester in ''Jane Eyre'', the papers spoke of the "Swartzsjuka" (the "Swartz Illness", referring to attraction) which had erupted in the audience. Among his parts were Richard II, Othello, Timon af Aten, Leontes in ''En vintersaga'' (A Winter's Tale) by Shakespeare, Sardanapalus by Byron, Fiesko, Egmont and Tartuffe, Caligula in ''Fäktaren från Ravenna'' (The fencer fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1816 In Sweden
Events from the year 1816 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII Events * Sweden joins the Holy Alliance. * Inauguration of the ''Segerlindska teatern'' in Gothenburg.Teaterliv i Göteborg, Åke Pettersson 1992 Births * 3 February - Carl Olof Rosenius, preacher, author and editor (died 1868) * 18 March - Louise von Fersen, heiress (died 1879) * 12 June – Nils Blommér, painter (died 1853) * 23 June – Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, architect, painter and composer (died 1881) * 2 July - Wilhelmina Josephson, pianist (died 1906) * 20 September – Fredrik August Dahlgren, writer (died 1895) * - Jeanette Berglind, sign language teacher and principal (died 1903) * - Fredrika Limnell, salonnière, women's right activist, philanthropist (died 1897) * - Aurore Storckenfeldt, educator (died 1900) * - Edvard Stjernström, stage actor and theater director (died 1877) Deaths * 14 January – Rutger Macklean, a driving figure in the reorganization of agricultural lands in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrika Limnell
Catharina Fredrika Limnell née Forssberg (14 July 1816 – 12 September 1897), was a Swedish people, Swedish philanthropist, mecenate, feminist and salon (gathering), salonist. Private life Fredrika Forssberg was born in Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, as the daughter of lektor Olof Fredrik Forssberg and Catharina Margareta Svedbom. She had two siblings, but the elder sister died in first year of life and her younger sister drowned when she was 13. Fredrika Limnell was raised in a literary home and had the ability to cultivate her interests in literature and music. Prior to her first marriage, she was engaged to the poet Anders Grafström, but the engagement was terminated on her initiative. In 1842 in Stockholm, she married her cousin, :sv:Per Erik Svedbom, Per Erik Svedbom (1811–1857), headmaster at Nya Elementar in Stockholm and editor of ''Aftonbladet'' with whom she had two sons, William (1843) and Erik (1855). After the death of her first hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 In Sweden
Events from the year 1844 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John then Oscar I Events * - King Charles XIV John of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Oscar I of Sweden. * 22 October - Swedish History Museum * - '' Du gamla, Du fria '' by Richard Dybeck Births * 23 February – Per Ekström, landscape painter (died 1935) * 21 December – Olga Sandberg, ballerina (died 1926) * 9 September – Ebba Boström, nurse and a philanthropist (died 1902) * 9 November – Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, painter (dies 1920) * 1 October – Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, collector and donor (died 1930) Deaths * 2 May - Karl Fredrik Dahlgren, poet (born 1791) * 16 September – Magnus Brahe (1790–1844), soldier (born 1790) References Years of the 19th 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Themptander
Oscar Robert Themptander (14 February 1844 – 30 January 1897) was a Swedish politician and public official who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1884 to 1888 during the reign of King Oscar II, and Governor of Stockholm County from 1888 to 1896. He was also Minister for Finance. At the age of 40 years and 92 days, Themptander is the youngest person to become Prime Minister in Swedish history. His death at the age of 52 years and 351 days makes him also the youngest prime minister at his death. Biography Robert Themptander was born in Stockholm, the son of army lieutenant Nils Themptander and wife Adolphina Laurent. After law studies in Uppsala and a highly successful career in the civil service he became in 1879 a member of the Second Chamber. There from the beginning he was a member of the centre party, a party loyal to then incumbent government. Gradually he began move orientate towards the agrarian party. He married in 1874 with Frida Dahlberg, with whom he had three child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Charpentier
Carl Erik Carpentier (17 August 1897 – 17 February 1978) was a Swedish gymnast and track and field athlete. He was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Nationally he also competed in the high jump and decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δÎκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and .... References External links * 1897 births 1978 deaths Swedish male artistic gymnasts Swedish male high jumpers Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics People from Sölvesborg Municipality Sportspeople from Blekinge County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åke Häger
Åke Häger (5 July 1897 – 9 March 1968) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event in 1920. References 1897 births 1968 deaths Swedish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per-Erik Hedlund
Per-Erik Hedlund (18 April 1897 – 12 February 1975) was a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf Jonsson. While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years.Per-Erik Hedlund Swedish Olympic Committee Hedlund finished sixth in the 50 km event, but won the 4 × 10 km relay at the . He won the Vasa run in 1926 and 1928. In 1928 He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
