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1923 In Sweden
Events from the year 1923 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger Events * 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition. * The '' Equal Competence Law'', granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden. Births * 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014). * 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985). * 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007). * 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009). * 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006). * 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher. Deaths * 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824) * 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828) * 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Åkerlund
Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952. Åkerlund won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 10000 m: 1950, K-4 1000 m: 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1950). References External links * * * 1923 births 2006 deaths People from Nyköping Municipality Swedish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Sweden Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 In Sweden
Events from the year 1923 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger Events * 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition. * The '' Equal Competence Law'', granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden. Births * 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014). * 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985). * 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007). * 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009). * 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006). * 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher. Deaths * 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824) * 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828) * 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849) * 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Sweden
Events from the year 1858 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * - The Conventicle Act (Sweden) is removed and the free churches are legalized. * - Establishment of the Geological Survey of Sweden * - Gothenburg Central Station is inaugurated. * - Statistics Sweden is created. * - Inauguration of '' Vänortsparken'' * - Legal majority for unmarried women (if applied for; automatic legal majority in 1863). * - Louise Flodin starts her own news paper in Arboga, staffed exclusively by women. * - The formal right of an employer to physically discipline their adult servants is abolished. Births * 28 February - Tore Svennberg, actor (died 1941) * 3 June - Alina Jägerstedt, union worker (died 1919) * 24 October - Ebba Bernadotte, philanthropist and morganatic consort (died 1926) * 20 November - Selma Lagerlöf, writer (died 1940) * 18 December - Kata Dalström, political agitator (died 1923) Deaths * 30 March - Marie Kinnberg, photographer and painter (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kata Dalström
Anna Maria Katarina "Kata" Dalström, née Carlberg (18 December 1858 – 11 December 1923), was a Swedish socialist and writer. She belonged to the leading socialist agitators and leftist writers in contemporary Sweden, and has been referred to as "the mother of the Swedish socialist working class movement". Early life Kata Dalström was born as Anna Maria in Emtöholm, Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, into the wealthy family of professor Johan Oskar Carlberg and Maria Augusta Carlswärd. Her personality, considered unruly for a girl at the time, earned her the contemporary Swedish moniker , meaning 'intrepid'. She was educated at the girls' school of Emilie Risberg in Örebro from 1868 to 1872, and studied in preparation for a ''studentexamen''. In 1878, she married civil engineer Gustav Mauritz Dalström (1837–1906). After her wedding she lived in Hultsfred from 1878 to 1884, Stockholm from 1884 to 1888, Visby from 1888 to 1890, Näsbyholm Castle from 1890 to 1894, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1835 In Sweden
Events from the year 1835 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * - Inauguration of ''Kjellbergska flickskolan'' in Gothenburg. * - The pig iron trade is liberalized.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 * - The Breaking wheel is abolished. * - Foundation of the '' Juvenals'' society. * - ''Hesperider'' by Karl August Nicander. * - ''Vännerna'' by Sophie von Knorring. Births * 14 January - Emmy Rappe, pioneer nurse (died 1896) * 15 February - Clementine Swartz, actress (died 1923) * 21 March - Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami (died 1873) * 5 June - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (died 1920) * 30 December - John Börjeson, sculptor * - Hilda Sjölin, photographer (died 1915) Deaths * 4 June - Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll, salonnière, cultural patron and poet (born 1770) * 10 November – Anders Ljungstedt, merchant and historian (born 1759) * 23 November – Georg Adlersparre, poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clementine Swartz
Clementine Swartz, née ''Fehrnström'' (15 February 1835, in Uleåborg – 7 December 1923, in Stockholm), was a Swedish stage actress. She belonged to the elite actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1853-1888. She was the daughter of the actor Robert Fehrnström and Augusta Fredrika Grönlund, and married the actor Edvard Swartz in 1854. Clementine Swartz was engaged in the theater company of Oscar Andersson in 1850-53, at '' Humlegårdsteatern'' in Stockholm in 1853 and, after having made such a successful debut there, she was engaged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre the same year and remained there until she retired from the stage in 1888 (she was made a premier actress in 1868). She was described as dignified, fragile and with a high degree of professionalism, and was given best critic for roles within mild and gracious characters: "Her acting was always dominated by the dutiful care by which she solved the tasks she was given. She was less able to give expression to strong p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1849 In Sweden
Events from the year 1849 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar I Events * 11 May - Uppsala Student Union * Fredrika Bremer travels to USA. * The Bourse (Gothenburg) is opened. * The second of the von Schwerin Estate's Scandals attracts attention. * The ''Nya smedjegården'' in Stockholm is transformed to a women's prison.Smedjegården in Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1917) Births * 13 January - Alfhild Agrell, writer and playwright (died 1923) * 22 January – August Strindberg, writer and playwright (died 1912) * 14 December - Wilhelmina Skogh, business person (died 1926) * 25 May - Louise Hammarström, chemist (died 1917) * 31 May - Carl Fredrik Hill, painter (died 1911) * 22 September – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (died 1928) * 1 October – Anne Charlotte Leffler, writer and playwright (died 1892) * 7 October - Martina Bergman-Österberg, physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate (died 1915) * 17 October – Johan Ericson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfhild Agrell
Alfhild Teresia Agrell (14 January 1849 – 8 November 1923) was a Swedish writer and playwright. She is known for her works about sexual equality in opposition to the contemporary sexual double standard, and as such a participator in the famous '' Sedlighetsdebatten''. Life She was born to Erik Johan Martin and Karolina Margareta Adolphson, who worked as confectioners. From 1868 until 1895 she was married to the Stockholmer merchant A. Agrell. She was engaged in the contemporary women's movement and the '' Sedlighetsdebatten'', and belonged to the few radical women to wear the reform dress of the Swedish Dress Reform Association in public. Agrell was a member of the women's association Nya Idun after its founding in 1885 and one of its first committee members. On 3 February 1886, Agrell's next play, Ensam (Alone), premiered at the Dramaten in Stockholm. The play depicts the socially committed Thora, who has taken care of her illegitimate daughter despite the reluctance o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1828 In Sweden
Events from the year 1828 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Charles XIV John of Sweden, Charles XIV John Events * - The wood trade is liberalized. * - ''Sällskapet till belöning för trotjänare'' is created."Sällskapet till belöning av trotjänare 1828-1978 - en historik" (in Swedish). Boktraven. Retrieved 20 October 2011. Births * 20 January – Johanna Sundberg, ballerina (d. 1910) * 9 February - Carl d'Unker, painter (died 1866 in Sweden, 1866) * 2 March - Frans Hedberg, dramatist, playwright, and poet (died 1908 in Sweden, 1908) * 6 August – Lotten von Kraemer, philanthropist (died 1912 in Sweden, 1912) * 17 September - Louise Flodin, journalist (died 1923 in Sweden, 1923) * 18 December - Viktor Rydberg, writer (died 1895 in Sweden, 1895) Deaths * 26 March – Elisabeth Olin, opera primadonna (born 1740 in Sweden, 1740) * 7 April - Helena Charlotta Åkerhielm, dramatist and translator (born 1786 in Sweden, 1786) * 1 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Flodin
Louise Charlotta Kristiana Flodin, née ''Söderqvist'' (17 September 1828 – 20 March 1923), was a Swedish journalist, typographer, feminist and publisher. She was seen as the first woman in Sweden to be given a newspaper licence. Life Flodin was born in Örebro, were her mother managed a school. Originally a teacher in her mother's school, she became an apprentice at a printing shop in 1856, and educated herself in typography, then unusual for a woman. She bought a printing press in Arboga in 1858, and started to publish the ''Arboga Tidning'' (Arboga Paper), which had one number a week. In the beginning, she was the only employee of her paper and performed all the tasks. She employed only women to the paper: this was deliberate, because she wished to educate females to become typographers and journalists and thereby make the profession more available to them. She supervised all phases in the making of the paper from the writing to the printing and instructed her own typograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1824 In Sweden
Events from the year 1824 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * 2 January - First issue of the conservative ''Stockholms Dagblad''."Sweden: historical and statistical handbook". Runeberg. Retrieved 11 February 2015. * - First issue of ''Linköpings ASS''. * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius identifies boron. Births * 21 January - Bertha Valerius, photographer and painter (died 1895) * 28 June - Adolf W. Edelsvärd, architect (died 1919) * 25 November- Amalia Eriksson, inventor of the polkagris, (died 1923) * 27 December – Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (died 1892) Deaths * 28 June - Hans Henric von Essen, politician and courtier (born 1755) * 20 November - Carl Axel Arrhenius, chemist (born 1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
