Events from the year 1842 in
Sweden
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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–
Charles XIV John
sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius
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, issue = Oscar I of Sweden
, house = Bernadotte
, father = Henri Bernadotte
, mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean
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Events
* 18 June - Compulsory Primary education for both sexes.
* The
Garden Society of Gothenburg
The Garden Society of Gothenburg ( sv, Trädgårdsföreningen) is a park and horticultural garden in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located next to Kungsportsavenyen.
The park was founded in 1842 by King Carl XIV Johan, on initiative of th ...
is opened.
* The theater monopoly of the
Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages.
The the ...
in Stockholm is abolished.
* 28 May - Inauguration of the
Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern (''The Smaller Theatre''), Nya teatern (''The New Theatre''), Lindeberska teatern (''The Lindeberg Theatre''), was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842–1863. The building was used as localities for the Royal D ...
, 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
Emilie Flygare-Carlén (''née'' Smith; August 8, 1807, StrömstadFebruary 5, 1892, Stockholm) was a Swedish people, Swedish novelist.
Biography
Emilie Smith grew up in the archipelago of Bohuslän. Her father, Rutger Smith, was a retired sea ca ...
.
* ''Qvinnan med förmyndare'' (Woman with Guardian) by
Sophie Bolander
''Sophie'' Christina Mathilda Bolander (28 January 1807 – 2 June 1869), was a Swedish author. She is most famed for her participation in the contemporary debate on gender issues.
Life
Sophie Bolander was born in Gothenburg, the daughter of the ...
Births
* 5 January -
Ellen Bergman
Ellen Bergman (5 January 1842 – 5 December 1921) was a Swedish musician, vocal educator and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Biography
Eleonora (Ellen) Magdalena Bergman was born at Strängnäs, S ...
, musician and women's right activist (died
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
)
* 11 February –
Erik Gustaf Boström
Erik Gustaf Bernhard Boström (11 February 1842 – 21 February 1907) was a Swedish landowner and politician who was a member of the Swedish Parliament (1876–1907) and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Sweden of the 19th century. He ...
, landowner and politician (died
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
)
* 22 July -
Maria Stenkula, educator (died
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
)
* 17 October -
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 ...
, physician and anatomist (died
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
)
* 9 December –
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 ...
, poet, literary critic and the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary 1884-1912 (died
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
)
*
Maria Ribbing, schoolteacher and philanthropist (died
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
)
Deaths
*27 February -
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 ...
, natural doctor and herbalist (died
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
References
Years of the 19th century in Sweden
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