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1842 In Sweden
Events from the year 1842 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * 18 June - Compulsory Primary education for both sexes. * The Garden Society of Gothenburg is opened. * The theater monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm is abolished. * 28 May - Inauguration of the Mindre teatern, the first theater to be active within the city borders of Stockholm since the introduction of the monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre 44 years earlier.Nordensvan, Georg (1917). Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842. Stockholm: Bonnier. Libris 8073965 * The new Starrkärr Church is inaugurated. * '' Rosen på Tistelön'' by Emilie Flygare-Carlén. * ''Qvinnan med förmyndare'' (Woman with Guardian) by Sophie Bolander Births * 5 January - Ellen Bergman, musician and women's right activist (died 1921) * 11 February – Erik Gustaf Boström, landowner and politician (died 1907) * 22 July - Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Sweden
Events from the year 1907 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II (until December 8), Gustaf V (starting December 8) * Prime Minister – Arvid Lindman Events * 23 January - Sweden's record highest atmospheric pressure value occurs in Kalmar and Visby at 1063.7 hPa. * 11 March - SKF is founded. * 8 December – King Oscar II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son, Gustaf V. * Swedish Emigration Commission Births * 14 March – Björn-Erik Höijer, writer * 15 March – Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record ..., actress * 11 April - Nancy Eriksson, social democrat Deaths * 21 February – Erik Gustaf Boström, prime minister * 8 December – Oscar II of Sweden, monarch * 28 December – Louise Granberg, playwright and theater director * - Hedvig R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1788 In Sweden
Events from the year 1788 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III Events * 25 May - The Royal Dramatic Theatre is inaugurated in Bollhuset in Stockholm. * 28 June - The outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90). * 17 July - Battle of Hogland * 8 August - Anjala conspiracy * - Lovisa Augusti, Caroline Müller and Franziska Stading are inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. * - The Sofia Albertina Church is completed. * - Aurora Liljenroth graduates from a gymnasium (school), which is unique for a female and attracts a great deal of attention. * - Count Adolph Ribbing and Baron Hans Henrik von Essen; the duel was held because Essen's proposal had been accepted by the father of a woman, the heiress Charlotta Eleonora De Geer, whom Ribbing had also proposed to and whom he believed to be in love with him. Essen was injured and Ribbing declared winner. The duel was regarded a scandal and a crime against the king. Births * 30 July - Kisamor, herbalist and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisamor
Maria Jansson, known in history as ''Kisamor'' (English: The Mother of Kisa), (30 July 1788 – 27 February 1842), was a Sweden, Swedish natural Physician, doctor, one of the most notable and well-known of 19th-century physicians in Sweden. She is also a prominent example of a Cunning folk, cunning woman in her country. Her name is Maria Jansson, but she is known in history as Kisamor ("Mother from Kisa") after the place where she worked. Biography Born in Örebro as the daughter of a healer in natural medicine, she had an early wish to follow in her father's profession. She was active as a natural healer occasionally from early years, but eventually, her father forced her to marry a farmer, Anders Olsson, in 1807. The marriage was unhappy and childless, and she divorced her husband in 1819. By this time, she functioned as a doctor in natural medicine, and made a living visiting and nursing people. She was widely reputed, and called upon from far away. In 1814,Lindorm, Erik (Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 In Sweden
Population The population that year was 5,522,403. There was a total of 135,625 births in 1910. The death total was 77,212. 8,142 legal immigrations were recorded. 27,816 emigrations happened that year. Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman Events * 23 January - The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union is founded. *June: The Church of Sweden Huskvarna Church in Huskvarna, Sweden is inaugurated. * Date unknown - Foundation of the Karolinska förbundet. * Date unknown - Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet is founded. * Publication of Elin Wägner's '' Pennskaftet'' Births * 18 January – Roland Svensson, artist (died 2003) * 15 october - Torbjörn Caspersson, biologist (died 1997) Deaths * February 18 – Johanna Sundberg, ballerina (born 1828) * 9 March – Fredrik von Otter, politician (born 1833) * 17 November - Sigrid Sparre, courtier (born 1825) * Maria Ribbing, schoolteacher and philanthropist (born 1842) References External links Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ribbing
Augusta Maria Aurora Ribbing née de Vylder (1842–1910) was a Swedish schoolteacher and philanthropist. In addition to her contributions to teaching, she provided funding for social support, including Sweden's first old peoples home which opened in 1915. Biography Born in Stockholm on 8 June 1842, Ribbing was the daughter of the language teacher Louis De Vylder and his wife Maria Christina Ahlborg. When she was 17, she embarked on a teacher training course, the '' Lärokurs för fruntimmer'' in Stockholm. On graduating, she taught at the Normal School for girls until 1871 when she married the physician Seved Ribbing. After a year-long study trip around Europe, they settled in Simrishamn in southern Sweden but later moved to Lund. The couple welcomed people from all walks of life to their spacious home known as Spoletorp. Ribbing always made sure that there was more than enough food ready, even for children and the needy who came by. Ribbing devoted much of her time to creating ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 In Sweden
200px upFanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the gold and silver medallists in the first women's individual swimming event Events from the year 1912 in Sweden. Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Karl Staaff Events * 3 January – The Svenska Scoutförbundet is formed. * 15 January – Sven Hedin's contribution to the Swedish defence issue, '' Ett varningsord,'' is published and distributed in one million copies. * 2 April – The Swedish government puts forward a proposal for women's suffrage, but it is blocked by the FK. * 28 April – A charity matinee is organised in Stockholm for the Swedish victims of the Titanic disaster. *5 May–22 July –The Olympic Games take place in Stockholm. *8 May – The Swedish Parliament decides to establish the National Board of Health and Welfare from 1 January 1913. *19 May – August Strindberg is buried, and large crowds line the cortege route. Nathan Söderblom officiates at the funeral, which takes place at the 'N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl David Af Wirsén
Carl David af Wirsén (9 December 1842 – 12 June 1912) was a Swedish poet, literary critic and the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary 1884–1912. Career Wirsén was born in Vallentuna, Uppland, to Karl Ture af Wirsén and Eleonore von Schulzenheim. He was also for several years, in company with the historian Hans Forssell, editor of the ''Swedish Literary Review''. In 1870, he became a lecturer in Swedish and Latin at Katedralskolan in Uppsala. In 1876 he moved to Gothenburg, where he lectured and took care of the museum's library and art collections. In 1879 he succeeded Carl Wilhelm Böttiger to the seat 8 of the Swedish Academy, and moved the year after to Stockholm, where he became literary reviewer for the ''Post- och Inrikes Tidningar'', and in 1886 also for the magazine Vårt Land. In November 1884 he was appointed permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. One of his tasks was to direct the work with "fixation of spelling" and the academy's dictionary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 In Sweden
Events from the year 1919 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Nils Edén Events * 24 May - Women suffrage is approved by parliament and are to be used for the first time in the 1921 election. * 18 September - AB Svensk Filmindustri (SF) is founded. Births * 4 July - Gerd Hagman, actress (died 2011) * 17 August - Ulla Ryghe, film editor (died 2011 in Canada) * 21 November - Gert Fredriksson, canoer (died 2006) * 31 December - Folke Alnevik, athlete Deaths * 22 January - Carl Larsson, painter (born 1853) * 20 February - Augusta Lundin, fashion designer (born 1840) * 29 July - Martina Bergman-Österberg, physical education instructor (born 1849) * 10 September - Helena Munktell, composer (born 1852) * 3 November - Alina Jägerstedt, trade unionist and social democrat (born 1853) * Rosalie Sjöman, photographer (born 1833) References {{Years in Sweden Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Retzius
Prof Magnus Gustaf (or Gustav) Retzius FRSFor HFRSE MSA (17 October 1842 – 21 July 1919) was a Swedish physician and anatomist who dedicated a large part of his life to researching the histology of the sense organs and nervous system. Life Retzius was born in Stockholm, son of the anatomist Anders Retzius (and grandson of the naturalist and chemist Anders Jahan Retzius). He enrolled at Uppsala University in 1860, and received his '' medicine kandidat'' degree there in 1866, transferred to the Karolinska Institute, where he received a Licentiate of Medical Science (''Medicine licentiatexamen'') degree in 1869 and completed his doctorate in medicine (PhD) in 1871 at Lund University. Retzius worked as an assistant under pathologist Axel Key; the two had a long partnership, publishing research together and the popular science . He received an extraordinary professorship in histology at the Karolinska Institute in 1877 and an ordinary professorship in anatomy there in 1889 (acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Sweden
Events from the year 1932 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch - Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Carl Gustaf Ekman, Felix Hamrin, and Per Albin Hansson Events * 7 March - Von Sydow murders * The Social Democrats formed a coalition with the Agrarian Party. Unemployment was reduced by efforts that bolstered the agricultural sector. Births Deaths * 8 February - Maria Stenkula, educational reformer (born 1842) * Augusta Jansson, entrepreneur (born 1859) References Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... Years of the 20th century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Stenkula
Maria Helena Stenkula (22 July 1842 – 8 February 1932) was a Swedish reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education. She was regarded as a local pioneer of women's education in Malmö, Sweden. She was the founder and manager of the Malmö High School for Girls ('' Malmö högre läroverk för flickor'') from 1874 until 1899. Biography Maria Stenkula was the daughter of physician Zacharias Fredrik Agathon Stenkula and Hedvig Margareta Maria Borg. The second eldest of 11 children, she was the sister of professor and educational reformer Anders Oskar Stenkula.(1841-1922). She spent part of her childhood as the foster child of her maternal grandfather, who was a vicar. She never married. As a person, she is described as strict but a skillful pedagogue who devoted her life to her educational ambitions. Stenkula had educational ambitions early on, and wished to become an educated teacher rather than to support herself as a governess without formal education, as was by then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
