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1759 In Sweden
Events from the year 1759 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * 10 September - Battle of Frisches Haff * 19 July - The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 persons homeless.Lars Bergquist: Swedenborgs Hemlighet, Stockholm 1999. (in Swedish). * - The Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and Letters is founded. * - '' Vinterkväde'' by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg Births * 2 March - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer (died 1833) * 23 March - Anders Ljungstedt, historian (died 1835) * 18 April – Thomas Thorild, poet, critic and philosopher (died 1808) * 16 August – Carl Fredric von Breda, painter (died 1818) * – Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (died 1807) * - Charlotte Eckerman, opera singer and courtesan (died 1790) * Johan Anton Lindqvist, theatre director (died 1833) Deaths * 20 June – Margareta Capsia, painter (born 1682 Events January–March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thorild
Thomas Thorild ( Svarteborg, Bohuslän, 18 April 1759 – Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania, 1 October 1808), was a Swedish poet, critic, feminist and philosopher. He was noted for his early support of women's rights. In his 1793 treatise ''Om kvinnokönets naturliga höghet'' he advocated gender equality. He was born in Svarteborg, Sweden and died at Greifswald, which was then Swedish Pomerania, and is now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. His original name was ''Thomas Thorén'' and he studied at Lund University in Sweden and worked or studied at the University of Greifswald in Germany. Thorild was a supporter of the Sturm und Drang movement and considered an opponent of French-inspired classicism. In 1795 he became a professor and librarian at the University of Greifswald. He was an important member of the cultural elite in Stockholm during the Gustavian era The History of Sweden from 1772 through 1809 is better known as the Gustavian era of Kings Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1682 In Sweden
Events from the year 1682 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XI Events * The second '' Duellplakatet'' confirms the 1662 ban on duels with even more severity. * Absolute monarchy is established when the Estates acknowledge the right of the monarch to write laws without their participation. * The Great Reversion of the property of the nobility is placed entirely in the hands of the monarch. * The theater company ''Dän Swänska Theatren'' is formed. Dahlberg, Gunilla (1992). Komediantteatern i 1600-talets Stockholm. Stockholm: Komm. för Stockholmsforskning. * The Allotment system reorganize the Swedish army system. * Lund University is reopened after the war. * ' by Skogekär Bergbo. Births * 17 June - Charles XII of Sweden, monarch (died 1718) * Margareta Capsia, painter (died 1759) * Gustavus Hesselius, painter (died 1755) * * Deaths * - Elizabeth Carlsdotter Gyllenhielm, royal daughter and courtier (born 1622 Events January–Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Capsia
Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait painter. Biography and career Capsia was born in Sweden, the child of Gottfried Capsia and Anna Schultz. She married the priest Jacob Gavelin in Stockholm in 1719. After the Great Northern War in 1721 they moved to Vasa (Fi. Vaasa), where Margareta became known as an altarpiece painter in Österbotten. In 1730, they moved to Åbo (Fi. Turku), where she became a famous artist throughout Finland, and where she eventually died. Her altarpieces were described as individual illustrations of the bible, and she was regarded as one of the best painters in the genre together with Mikael Toppelius. She painted the altarpieces of a long line of churches, such as in the churches of Paltamo in 1727 and Säkylä Säkylä is a municipality of Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1833 In Sweden
Events from the year 1833 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * Pilt Carin Ersdotter arrives to Stockholm where she attracts great attention as ''The beautiful Dalarna girl''.Lisbet Scheutz (2001 (2003) nuytgåva). Berömda och glömda stockholmskvinnor: sju stadsvandringar: 155 kvinnoporträtt. Stockholm: MBM. Libris 8392583 * - ''Törnrosens bok'' by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist Births * 21 March - Carl Stål, entomologist specialising in Hemiptera (died 1878) * 11 April - Fredrik von Otter, Prime Minister (died 1910) * July 24 - Gustaf Åkerhielm, Prime Minister (died 1900) * 21 October - Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer (died 1896) * 10 December - Ellen Anckarsvärd, women's rights activist (died 1898) * Rosalie Sjöman, photographer (died 1919) Deaths * 28 May - Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner, composer (born 1759) * 1 June - Rudolf Cederström, naval commander (born 1764) * 24 July - Hedda Wrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Anton Lindqvist
Johan Anton Lindqvist (25 December 1759 - 17 September 1833) was a Swedish stage actor and theater director. Biography Lindqvist was born at Ystad, Sweden. He was active in the theater party of Carl Seuerling Carl Gottfried Seuerling (1727-1795) was a German born, Swedish stage actor and theater director. He was the director of the Seuerling theater Company in 1768-93 and as such the leader of one of only two professional Swedish language theater comp ... in 1788. He was the director of the Lindqvist theater Company in 1793-1820. He played an important role in Swedish theater life outside of Stockholm, being the leader of one of the largest theater companies in Sweden. Lindqvist and his company maintained the operations of the theatres in Gothenburg. He was the director of the theatres Comediehuset (1796-1800 and 1810–16) and Segerlindska teatern (1816–20) during the attempts to make them permanent theatres. He died in Gothenburg in 1833. References O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 In Sweden
Events from the year 1790 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * April - Ten death sentences is given for participants in the Anjala conspiracy. * 13 May - Battle of Reval * 15 May - Battle of Fredrikshamn * 19 May - Battle of Keltis barracks * 4 July - Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790) * 9 July - Battle of Svensksund * 14 August - Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Treaty of Värälä. * 8 September - Execution of Johan Henrik Hästesko, the only death sentence of the Anjala conspiracy which is actually performed. * Anna Maria Engsten awarded with a medal in silver for '' Valour in Battle at Sea'' for her act during the Russo-Swedish war. * Brita Hagberg is awarded with the medal ''För tapperhet i fält'' for her military service. * The noblewomen's social boycott of the monarch is smashed by the arrest of Jeanna von Lantingshausen. * By royal command, the silk factories are explicitly allowed to employ women workers when no men are available (though w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Eckerman
Beata Charlotta "Charlotte" Eckerman (1759 – 16 January 1790 in Stockholm), was a Swedish opera singer and actress. She was also a very well known courtesan during the Gustavian era, and the official royal mistress of Charles XIII of Sweden from 1779 to 1781. Life Charlotte Eckerman was the daughter of Bengt Edvard Eckerman, cavalry captain of the Royal Scanian Husars, and the writer Catharina Ahlgren. Her father was the cousin of Carl Fredrik Ekerman, speaker of the burghers in the Swedish parliament, and her mother was at one point the ''kammarfru'' of the queen, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. In the custody of her father after her parents divorce, she was described as more or less an orphan. She had two brothers and a sister, as well as several halfsiblings by her fathers second marriage and by her mother. She and her sister did not get along with their stepmother, and appears to have moved from home early on. Her sister Julie Eckerman (1765–1801) was also a court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1807 In Sweden
Events from the year 1807 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania. * - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen. * - The land reform ''Enskiftet'' is enforced in all Sweden-Finland, which signified the end of traditional village life. * - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 Births * 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864) * 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877) * 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844) * 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892) * Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869) * Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893) Deaths * - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, balleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sophia Holmstedt
Anna ''Sophia'' Holmstedt (1759–1807) as married Anna Sophia Bleumortier, was a Swedish ballet dancer and translator. Sophia Holmstedt belonged to the pioneers of Swedish ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet upon its foundation in Bollhuset in 1773. In 1774, at the age of fifteen, she debuted as a translator by a translation of the French comedy play ''Slafhandlaren i Smirna'' (''Le Marchand de Smyrne'') by Nicolas Chamfort in collaboration with Olof Kexel. It was recommended for "an unusually beautiful and easy Swedish". The play was performed on the Stenborg theatre in Stockholm on Monday 24 October 1774 in dedication to king Gustav III of Sweden. Holmstedt was admired by her contemporaries and given the recognition of a "Literary woman". When Olof Kexel founded the order of Par Bricole in 1779, the Sophia-day was chosen as its day in dedication to Sophia Holmstedt. She married the sommelier A sommelier ( or or ; ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1818 In Sweden
Events from the year 1818 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIII then Charles XIV John Events * 5 February - King Charles XIII of Sweden dies and are succeeded by Charles XIV John of Sweden. * 11 May - The coronation of Charles XIV John of Sweden in Stockholm. * 7 September - The coronation of Charles XIV John of Sweden as Charles III John of Norway, in Christiana (now Oslo). * - Gustafva Lindskog are appointed instructor in the first class for physical education and Physical therapy for females in Sweden at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute (though formally, she was not given this position until 1849).Lindskog, släkt, urn:sbl:10658, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av CHC), hämtad 2014-08-16. * - Bodø affair Births * 16 January – C. V. A. Strandberg, poet (died 1877) * 18 May - Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, scholar of cultural history, librarian, theatre director, and diplomat (died 1889) * 27 May – Anton Niklas Sundberg, archbishop of Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fredric Von Breda
Carl Frederik von Breda (16 August 1759 – 1 December 1818) was a Swedish painter who studied in and spent much of his career in Britain before becoming painter to the Swedish court. He was born in Stockholm in 1759, and moved to Britain where he was a student of Joshua Reynolds. Breda specialized in painting portraits and was called "the van Dyck of Sweden". He returned to Sweden 1796 where he became professor at the Academy of Arts, a popular portraitist, and a court painter. Breda married at age 22 and his son, Johan Fredrik, was also a painter, who studied under his father. Breda died in Stockholm in 1818. Breda painted James Watt. Early life Breda's great-grandfather Pieter emigrated to Stockholm around the year 1670 from the Netherlands. The "von Breda" family name seems to indicate a connection with the city of Breda. ''Von'' is not a Dutch preposition, but in the Nordic countries, this originally German preposition has occasionally been used as a part of names of en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
