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1929 In Sweden
Events from the year 1929 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Arvid Lindman Events *The newspaper '' Arbetar-Tidningen'' established Births * 24 January – Anders Kvissberg, sport shooter. * 28 January – Vanja Blomberg, gymnast. * 6 February – Sixten Jernberg, cross country skier (died 2012). * 10 April – Max von Sydow, actor * 14 May – Åke Ortmark, radio journalist, author and television presenter (died 2018) * 29 June – Bertil Norman, orienteering competitor * 21 July – Birger Asplund, hammer thrower * 12 August – Carl Axel Petri, politician and judge (died 2017) * 4 September – Bror Stefenson, Swedish Navy admiral (died 2018) * 6 October – Karin Lindberg, gymnast. Deaths * 11 January – Elfrida Andrée, first female organist (born 1841) * 21 June – Birger Sjöberg, novelist, poet and songwriter (born 1885) * Augusta Braunerhjelm, playwright (born 1839) * Ottil ... [...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] |
2017 In Sweden
Events in the year 2017 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime minister – Stefan Löfven Events * 20 February – Rinkeby riots * 7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack * 1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982 Sports * 22 October – ** Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–2 in the final of the 2017 Stockholm Open singles. ** Tennis: Oliver Marach and doubles partner Mate Pavić defeat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 2017 Stockholm Open doubles. Popular culture Sports * 24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third. Deaths * 8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925). * 9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939). * 23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920). * 25 January – Siewert Öholm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Sweden
Events from the year 1929 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Arvid Lindman Events *The newspaper '' Arbetar-Tidningen'' established Births * 24 January – Anders Kvissberg, sport shooter. * 28 January – Vanja Blomberg, gymnast. * 6 February – Sixten Jernberg, cross country skier (died 2012). * 10 April – Max von Sydow, actor * 14 May – Åke Ortmark, radio journalist, author and television presenter (died 2018) * 29 June – Bertil Norman, orienteering competitor * 21 July – Birger Asplund, hammer thrower * 12 August – Carl Axel Petri, politician and judge (died 2017) * 4 September – Bror Stefenson, Swedish Navy admiral (died 2018) * 6 October – Karin Lindberg, gymnast. Deaths * 11 January – Elfrida Andrée, first female organist (born 1841) * 21 June – Birger Sjöberg, novelist, poet and songwriter (born 1885) * Augusta Braunerhjelm, playwright (born 1839) * Ottil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 In Sweden
Events from the year 1861 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XV Events * A decision is taken to construct Strandvägen in Stockholm. * The inauguration of the women teachers' training college ''Högre lärarinneseminariet'', the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden. * The dentist profession is opened to women. * Danviken Hospital is closed. * March - The king grants the con artist Helga de la Brache an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400 Swedish riksdaler a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869).Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1931 Births * 5 January - Anna Pettersson, lawyer (died 1929) * 2 June - Concordia Selander, actress and theater manager (died 1935) * 24 April - Hedda Andersson, second female doctor in Sweden (died 1950) * 14 May - Valborg Olander, politician (died 1943) * 29 October - Karolina Olsson, hibernator (died 1950) * 11 November - Elsa Eschelsson, first female doctor of Laws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Pettersson
Anna Maria Pettersson (5 January 1861 – 6 September 1929) was a Swedish lawyer. She was the first woman in Sweden to set up a legal agency, run by a woman, which was aimed primarily at female clients. Pettersson was also active in the Swedish National Association for Women's Suffrage (FKPR). Life Anna Pettersson was born in Uppsala to the gardener Johan Fredrik Pettersson and Charlotta Amalia Günlsdorff. She never married. She trained to be a language teacher, but was always interested in the law and educated herself in law as an autodidact. Between 1890 and 1901, she worked as a clerk at the local law court of Uppsala, and from 1901 to 1904, at the law firm of Victor Wennerholm in Stockholm. In 1904, she founded her own legal agency, the ('Women's Legal Bureau') in Stockholm. She thereby became the first woman in Sweden to start a legal agency, run by a woman, and with primarily female clients. She specialised in legal advice to women in matters of family issues, particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 In Sweden
Events from the year 1834 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The famous coffee house '' Tysta Mari'' is opened in Stockholm. * - First issue of the paper ''Västerviks-Tidningen'' * - ''Drottningens juvelsmycke'' by Carl Jonas Love Almquist. * - '' Presidentens döttrar'' by Fredrika Bremer. Births * 13 February - Alfred Wahlberg, painter (died 1906) * 23 April - Adolf Hedin, publisher, and politician (died 1905) * 1 March - Hildegard Werner, musical conductor and a journalist (died 1911) * Ottilia Littmarck, actress (died 1929) Deaths * 16 June - Giovanna Bassi, ballerina (born 1762) * - Johanna Lohm, educator (born 1747) * - Charlotta Aurora De Geer, courtier (born 1779) * - Ulrika Melin, artist (born 1767) * - Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, traveler and dress reformer (born 1781) References Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottilia Littmarck
Ottilia Sofia Littmarck (22 June 1834– 14 July 1929) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. She was a noted actress in Sweden in the late 19th century. Biography She was born in the parish of Jäder in Södermanland to inspector Johan Rylander and was the sister of the actresses Amanda Rylander (1832–1920) and Clara Björlin (1850-1905). She was active in the travelling theatres of Pierre Deland, director of the Deland Theater Company in 1833–1861 with her sister Amanda in 1857–68. Between 1873 and '74, she was the director of ''Södra teatern'' in Stockholm. In 1875–79, she was active at the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) before she established and managed her own theater company in 1880–83. She was active at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki in Finland 1883–84, and at Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) 1885–89, and then at the Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1839 In Sweden
Events from the year 1839 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The revised edition of the radical novel ''Det går an'' by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, first published in 1822, is published * ''Liljeholmens Stearinfabriks AB'' * '' Stockholms Lyceum'' Births * 2 March - Victoria Bundsen, opera alto (died 1909) * 18 April - Lotten Edholm, composer and a pioneer within the Swedish Red Cross (died 1930) * 21 May - Nils Christoffer Dunér, astronomer (died 1914) * 24 August - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (died 1876) * 2 November - Augusta Braunerhjelm, playwright (died 1929) * 30 December - Victor Hartman, actor (died 1898) * Charlotte Yhlen, doctor (died 1919) * Hulda Mellgren, industrialist (died 1918) Deaths * 7 February - Karl August Nicander, poet (born 1799) * 30 June - Johan Olof Wallin, minister, orator, poet and later Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala (born 1779) * Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (born 1797) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta Braunerhjelm
Beata Fredrika ''Augusta'' Braunerhjelm (2 November 1839, in Edebo församling – 1929), was a Swedish playwright and writer. She was the daughter of chamberlain noble Samuel August Braunerhielm and countess Sofia Eleonora Fredrika Taube. She is most known for her comedy play ''Kusinerna'' (Cousins), which had its premier on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm in 1870 and remained a success for several years. She was awarded the second prize of the Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III, is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish lang ... for her tragedy ''Kåre'' in 1879. She was recommended for her descriptions of characters. Works * "Kusinerna", 1870 * "Hvem?", 1877 * "Bror Görans unga hustru", * "Blodshämden", femaktskådespel (1879) * "Kåre" * "Studier efter naturen. Teckningar från Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 In Sweden
Events from the year 1885 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Robert Themptander Events *10 December 1885 – Härnösand becomes the first town in Sweden with electric street lighting, following the Gådeå power station being taken into use. *Date unknown - The newspapers ''Borlänge Tidning'' and ''Social-Demokraten'' are founded. *Date unknown - Creation of the ''Wahlström & Widstrand'' *Date unknown - Women are allowed to become members of the Swedish Publicists' Association, and 14 women are inducted as members. *Date unknown - Johanna Hedén founded Göteborgs Barnmorskesällskap (The Gothenburg Midwifery Association), the first union for women in Sweden. *Date unknown - The governmental ''Girl School Committee of 1885'' is established to reform female education: Sophie Adlersparre and Hilda Caselli are two of the members, making them the first female members of a governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Sjöberg
Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929) was a Swedish poet, novelist and songwriter, whose best-known works include the faux-naïf song collection ''Fridas Bok'' (Frida's Book) and the novel ''Kvartetten Som Sprängdes'' (The Quartet That Split Up), a somewhat Dickensian relation about stock-exchange gambling in the twenties, and the frantic efforts to recover. Originally a journalist, Sjöberg wrote songs in his spare time. His debuted as a serious writer with the 1922 publication of ''Fridas Bok'' (Frida's Book), which was both a critical and popular success. Following a series of concert tours, he withdrew from public life and focused on his writing. After his death in 1929, a new series of songs and a selection of poems were published. Selected works Prose and poetry by Birger Sjöberg: *''Fridas Bok'' (Frida's Book) 1922 *''Kvartetten Som Sprängdes'' (The Quartet That Split Up) 1924 *''Kriser Och Kransar'' (Crises And Laurel Wreaths) 1926 *''Fridas Andra Bok'' (Frida's Second Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 In Sweden
Events from the year 1841 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * 10 June - The Stocks punishment, already restricted and generally fallen of use, is banned.Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 27. Stockholm-Nynäs järnväg - Syrsor * 6 August - Swedish Road Administration is founded. * The state supported brothels London and Stadt Hamburg is closed. * Wendela Hebbe, regarded a pioneer of female reporters, is employed as a reporter at '' Aftonbladet''. * First issue of the ''Barometern''. * Foundation of the shipping company ''Götaverken''. * The first issue of the ''Sundsvalls Tidning''. * The first of the von Schwerin Estate's Scandals attracts attention. * '' Blommorna vid vägen'', by Herman Sätherberg * '' Diodes och Lydia'' by Wilhelmina Stålberg * '' Kyrkoinvigningen i Hammarby'' by Emilie Flygare-Carlén * ' by Anna Carlström * ''Qvinnan utan förmyndare'' (Woman without Guardian) by Amelie von Strussenfelt * Inauguration of the Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
