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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] |
1849
Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in the Hungarian capitals, Buda and Pest. The Hungarian government and parliament flee to Debrecen. * January 8 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Romanian armed groups massacre 600 unarmed Hungarian civilians, at Nagyenyed.Hungarian HistoryJanuary 8, 1849 And the Genocide of the Hungarians of Nagyenyed/ref> * January 13 ** Second Anglo-Sikh War – Battle of Tooele: British forces retreat from the Sikhs. ** The Colony of Vancouver Island is established. * January 21 ** General elections are held in the Papal States. ** Hungarian Revolution of 1848: Battle of Nagyszeben – The Hungarian army in Transylvania, led by Josef Bem, is defeated by the Austrians, led by Anton Puchner. * January 23 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Hammarström
Louise (Lovisa) Katarina Hammarström (25 May 1849 – 5 November 1917),'' Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009'', DVD‐ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010): ''Hammarström, Lovisa Katarina'' was a Swedish chemist. She was the first formally educated female Swedish chemist.Louise Hammarström (Swedish language) Louise Hammarström was the daughter of a vicar. Orphaned at an early age, she grew up at an in Dalarna, in central , where she became interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Eek
Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, ''bjarga'', meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge. The Swedish variant of ''Birger'' would soon evolve into ''Börje'', however, the prior form would remain common, and were not be confused with its successor. The Icelandic form is ''Birgir''. Birger is primarily a masculine given name, but can also be found as a surname. Birger People with the name Birger include: Given name * Birger, King of Sweden 1280–1321), Swedish king *Birger Carlstedt (1907–1975), Finnish artist *Birger Cederin (1895–1942), Swedish fencer *Birger Dahlerus (1891–1957), Swedish businessman and amateur diplomat *Birger Ekeberg (1880–1968), Swedish jurist *Birger Hedqvist (1894–1964), Swedish lieutenant general * Birger Jarl (1210–1266), Swedish statesman * Birger Malmsten (1920–1991), Swedish actor *Birger Sandzén (1871–1954), Swedish-American painter *Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929), Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Key
Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (; 11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, and was also a suffragist. She is best known for her book on education (1900), which was translated into English in 1909 as ''The Century of the Child''. Biography Early life Ellen Key was born at Sundsholm mansion in Småland, Sweden, on 11 December 1849. Her father was Emil Key, the founder of the Swedish Agrarian Party and a frequent contributor to the Swedish newspaper ''Aftonposten''. Her mother was Sophie Posse Key, who was born into an aristocratic family from the southernmost part of Skåne County. Emil bought Sundsholm at the time of his wedding; twenty years later he sold it for financial reasons. Key was mostly educated at home, where her mother taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Adelborg
Eleonara Amalia Maria Adelborg (December 6, 1849 – April 23, 1940) was a Swedes, Swedish textile artist. She is best known for preserving Swedish textile art traditions. Her works include the carpet in the Birgitta Chapel in Rome and the chasubles for the Sofia Church in Stockholm. Biography Adelborg was born in Karlskrona, Kalskrona to and Hadvig Katarina on December 6, 1849. Between 1886 and 1899, she worked for the Swedish Art Exhibition created by Selma Giöbel and in 1900 she worked for the Friends of Handicraft. In 1907, she retired from HV and lived with her sisters, Ottilia Adelborg and Gertrud Adelborg in Gagnef. She was a member of the women's association Nya Idun, joining in 1888. References Further reading * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adelborg, Maria 1849 births 1940 deaths People from Gagnef Municipality Swedish textile artists Swedish women artists 19th-century women textile artists 19th-century textile artists 20th-century textile artists Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Ericson
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Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 In Sweden
Events from the year 1915 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Events * 6 February - Federation of Swedish Farmers is founded. Births * 4 April – Lars Ahlin, novelist and (died 1997) * 29 August – Ingrid Bergman, film actress (died 1982 in the United Kingdom) Deaths * 23 January – Sofia Gumaelius, businessperson (born 1840) * 2 June – Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (born 1873) * 15 June – Eugène Jansson, painter (born 1842) * Hilda Sjölin, photographer (born 1835 Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. ...) References Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Bergman-Österberg
Martina Sofia Helena Bergman-Österberg (née Bergman; 7 October 1849 – 29 July 1915)Westrin, p. 194 was a Swedish-born physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate who spent most of her working life in Britain. After studying gymnastics in Stockholm she moved to London, where she founded the first physical education instructor's college in England, to which she admitted women only. Bergman-Österberg pioneered teaching physical education as a full subject within the English school curriculum, with Swedish-style gymnastics (as opposed to the German model) at its core. She also advocated the wearing of gymslips by women playing sports, and played a pivotal role in the early development of netball. Bergman-Österberg was an advocate of women's emancipation, directly encouraging women to be active in sport and education, and also donating money to women's emancipation organisations in her native Sweden. Several of her students founded the Ling Association, which later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 In Sweden
Events from the year 1892 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström. Events * Cision * Örebro Mission * Swedish Cooperage Union * 11 June - '' Stockholm Public Women's Club'' is founded in Stockholm. Births * 2 July – Anders Larsson, sport wrestler (died 1945). * 10 July – Augusta Björkenstam, countess and businessperson (died 1892) * 23 July – Erik Adlerz, diver (died 1975). * 15 August – Gösta Lundqvist, sailor (died 1944). * 4 December – Per Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1972). Deaths * 7 January - Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess) (born 1815) * Carolina Lindström, hat maker (born 1812) * 11 December - Nancy Edberg, pioneer swimmer (born 1832) * 25 January - Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (born 1824) * 21 October - Anne Charlotte Leffler, writer (born 1849) * Matilda Kristina von Schwerin, landowner (born 1818 Events January–March * January 1 ** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Charlotte Leffler
Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler, duchess of Cajanello (1 October 184921 October 1892), was a Swedish author. Biography She was the daughter of the school principal John Olof Leffler and Gustava Wilhelmina Mittag. Her brother was noted mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler. Leffler was initially educated privately and then a student at the ''Wallinska skolan'' from the age of thirteen, at that time perhaps the most progressive school open to females in Stockholm. Her first volume of stories appeared in 1869, but the first to which she attached her name was ("From Life," 1882), a series of realistic sketches of the upper circles of Swedish society, followed, by three other collections with the same title. Her earliest plays, ("The Actress," 1873), and its successors, were produced anonymously in Stockholm, but in 1883 her reputation was established by the success of ("True Women") and ("An Angel of Deliverance"). is directed against false femininity, and was well received in Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 In Sweden
Events from the year 1928 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman, Arvid Lindman Events Literature * '' Anna Svärd'', novel by Selma Lagerlöf Sport * 24–29 January – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm Births * 24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017) * 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008) * 29 June – Hans Cavalli-Björkman, lawyer * 15 July – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989). * 15 July – Hans Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player. * 18 July – Stig Grybe, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017) * 12 December – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (d. 1998) * 21 December – Stig Sjölin, boxer (died 1995). Deaths * 6 February - Amanda Christensen, seamstress and business person (born 1863) * 21 June – Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, botanist (born 1856) * 20 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Falkman
"Olena" Ida Theresia Falkman (22 September 1849 in Stockholm – 13 September 1928 in Stockholm), was a Swedish concert vocalist ( alto). She was born to Carl Johan Falkman, a Swedish official at the Imperial Russian court in Saint Petersburg, and Sofia Albertina Peterson. Her parents were from Sweden, but she was raised in Russia. Olena Falkman was a student of the Italian vocalist pedagogue, Ronconi. Prior to her marriage, she toured Europe with the concert violinist August Wilhelmj. She was advised to contact Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, but she preferred to perform at concerts rather than to be an opera singer. She also toured Scandinavia with the violinist Joseph Joachim. In 1876, she married , principal at Uppsala University, and discontinued her career. During her marriage, she did occasionally perform for charity concerts in Uppsala. Ludvig Norman Ludvig Norman (28 August 183128 March 1885) was a Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher. Together wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
