Exteriörbild från Lärarinneseminariet, Riddargatan 6, Stockholm, troligen 1910-tal - Nordiska Museet - NMA

Events from the year 1861 in

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Incumbents

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–

Charles XV Charles XV also Carl (''Carl Ludvig Eugen''); Swedish: ''Karl XV'' and Norwegian: ''Karl IV'' (3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872) was King of Sweden (''Charles XV'') and Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his dea ...

Events

* A decision is taken to construct

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in Stockholm. * The inauguration of the women teachers' training college ''

Högre lärarinneseminariet The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Seminary ( sv, Kungliga Högre Lärarinneseminariet, abbreviated KHLS), was a normal school (teachers' college) in Stockholm, Sweden. It was active from 1861 until 1943. It was the fi ...

'', the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden. * The dentist profession is opened to women. *

Danviken Hospital Danvikens hospital was a historical Swedish hospital, insane asylum and retirement home in Stockholm, active in 1558–1861. The area belonged to Stockholms kommun until 1984, when it was transferred to Nacka kommun. The Danvikens hospital w ...

is closed. * March - The king grants the

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Helga de la Brache Helga de la Brache, née ''Aurora Florentina Magnusson'', (6 September 1817 in Stockholm – 11 January 1885 in Stockholm), was a Swedish con artist. She obtained a royal pension by convincing the authorities that she was the secret legitimate da ...

an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400

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a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869).Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1931

Births

* 5 January -

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 N ...

, lawyer (died

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) * 2 June -

Concordia Selander Concordia Cornelia Johanna Selander, née ''Hård'' (Arboga, 2 June 1861 – 31 March 1935), was a Swedish actress and theatre manager. Her father was a music instrument maker. She first trained at the school of the Royal Swedish Ballet (1874– ...

, actress and theater manager (died

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

) * 24 April -

Hedda Andersson Hedda Andersson. Hedda Albertina Andersson (24 April 1861, Malmö - 7 September 1950, Lund), was a Swedish physician. She was the second female student at Lund University and the second university-educated woman physician in Sweden. Life Hedda An ...

, second female doctor in Sweden (died

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

) * 14 May -

Valborg Olander Valborg Olander (Uddeholm Manor, Värmland 14 May 1861 – 27 February 1943, Stockholm), was a Swedish teacher, politician and suffragette. She is known for her friendship with Selma Lagerlöf. Life and career Valborg Olander was born as one o ...

, politician (died

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

) * 29 October -

Karolina Olsson Karolina Olsson (29 October 1861 – 5 April 1950), also known as "Soverskan på Oknö" ("The Sleeper of Oknö"), was a Swedish woman who purportedly remained in hibernation between 1876 and 1908 (32 years). This is believed to be the longest ...

, hibernator (died

) * 11 November -

Elsa Eschelsson Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson (11 November 1861 – 10 March 1911) was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws (''juris utriusque doctor'') degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied ...

, first female doctor of Laws (died

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

)

Deaths

* 17 January -

Malla Silfverstolpe Magdalena Sofia "Malla" Silfverstolpe (''née'' Montgomery; 8 February 1782 – 17 January 1861) was a Swedish writer and salon hostess. Her house in Uppsala was a meeting place for many prominent writers, composers and intellectuals. Her diar ...

, salonnière (born

1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establish ...

) * 21 February -

Lars Levi Læstadius Lars Levi Laestadius (; 10 January 1800 – 21 February 1861) was a Swedish Sami pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadian pietist revival movement to help his largely Sami congregations ...

References

Years of the 19th century in Sweden

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