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1909 In Sweden
Events from the year 1909 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman Events * 6–14 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. * 4 August to 4 September – Swedish General Strike ( The Great Strike of 1909) ** Introduction of the 8-hour day at the end of 1910s * 10 December – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first woman to be given the Nobel Prize in Literature. * The right for women to vote in municipal elections are extended to include married women, and women are made eligible to municipal councils. * The phrase "Swedish man" is removed from the application forms to public offices and women are thereby approved as applicants to most public professions."Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Akademikeryrken". Ub.gu.se. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2013-10-07. Births * 12 January – Barbro Alving, reporter (died 1987) Deaths * 1 January – Ivar Arosenius, painter (born 1878) * Elsa Borg, social worker (born 1826 Events Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize In Literature
) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , reward = 10 million SEK (2022) , website = , year2 = 2022 , holder_label = Currently held by , previous = 2021 , main = 2022 , next = 2023 The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning ''for'' literature) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original Swedish: ''den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk rigtning''). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1829 In Sweden
Events from the year 1829 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * 21 August – The coronation of queen Désirée Clary in Stockholm. * - The Chalmers University of Technology is established. * - ''Jönköpings SS'' is founded. * - Midwives are allowed to use surgical instruments, which are unique in Europe at the time and gives them surgical status.Stig Hadenius, Torbjörn Nilsson & Gunnar Åselius: Sveriges historia. Vad varje svensk bör veta (History of Sweden: "What every Swede should know") Births * 21 January – Oscar II of Sweden, monarch (died 1907) * 26 April – Eva Brag, journalist, novelist and poet (died 1913) * 2 July – Martis Karin Ersdotter, businessperson (died 1902) * 14 October – August Malmström, painter (died 1901) * 3 December – Augusta Björkenstam, countess and businessperson (died 1892) * Hanna Hammarström, inventor (died 1909) * Emanuella Carlbeck, pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Hammarström
Johanna (Hanna) Hammarström was a Swedish inventor who was born on 4 September 1829 and died on 27 November 1914. Although telephones had already been invented, no one in Sweden could manufacture the copper wires needed to function telephones. She became the first person in Sweden to manufacture telephone wires and ran her own business in the production of these wires. Early life Hanna Hammarstrom was born on 4 September 1829 in Stockholm, Sweden, to her parents Nils Hammerstrom and Christina Holmberg [2]. Her father was a cotton and silk merchant in Stolkholm, but was originally from Dalarna, a central province of Sweden a little more than 300 km away [1]. While completing her early education at Ms. Norbergson's girls' school, her father encouraged her to learn a trade. She apprenticed for a handicraft maker, who specialized in small wire ornaments. Her experience working with wire would prove useful later in her life when she launched her venture. She left home after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
