Events from the year 1890 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

– Oscar II *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

–

Gustaf Åkerhielm Baron Johan Gustaf Nils Samuel Åkerhielm af Margaretelund (24 June 1833 – 2 April 1900) was a Swedish politician, a baron, a landowner, member of the Riksdag from 1859 to 1866 and from 1870 to 1900, a minister of finance from 1874 to 1875, a ...

Events

* - The mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) founded. * - The newspaper '' Upsala Nya Tidning'' founded. * - ''

KFUM Örebro KFUM Örebro is an YMCA association in Örebro in Sweden, established in 1890. In 1990 the club won the Swedish women's juniors national volleyball championship, and between 1996 and 2001 the club won the Swedish national women's volleyball champion ...

'' * - LKAB * - ''

Nordstjernan Nordstjernan () is a Swedish investment company. Nordstjernan is a fourth-generation family company controlled by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. The origin is the shipping company Nordstjernan, which was founded in 1890. Histo ...

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Uddevalla Suffrage Association The Uddevalla Suffrage Association ( sv, Uddevalla Rösträttsförening) was a late-19th-century political movement founded in Uddevalla, Sweden. Local historians and the Swedish Social Democratic Party consider it the first political predecessor ...

* - Lilly Engström became the first female member of a

Board of education A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...

. * 7 August -

Anna Månsdotter Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

became the last woman in Sweden to be executed.

Births

*7 March – Gustaf Weidel, gymnast (died 1959). * 27 April –

Karl Asplund Karl Asplund (27 April, 1890 – 3 April, 1978) was a Swedish poet, short story writer and art historian. He made his literary debut in 1912, and was awarded the Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is ...

, poet, short story writer and art historian (died 1978). * 28 August – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (died 1974). * 26 September –

Karl Lindahl Karl Fritz Lindahl (26 September 1890 – 29 June 1960) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Oly ...

, gymnast (died 1960). * 2 November –

Moa Martinson Moa Martinson, born Helga Maria Swarts sometimes spelt Swartz, (2November 18905August 1964) was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of ...

, author (died 1964).

Deaths

*8 March -

Josefina Deland Josefina (Josephine) Deland (Stockholm, 1 October 1814 – Paris, 8 March 1890), was a Swedish feminist, writer and a teacher in French. She founded ''Svenska lärarinnors pensionsförening'' (Society for Retired Female Teachers), where she served ...

, women's rights activist (born 1814) *8 May – Herman Schultz, astronomer (born 1823). *20 September – Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, landscape painter and art professor (born 1810). *7 October –

Edvard Perséus Edvard Perséus, originally Persson (23 December 1841, in Lund – 7 October 1890, in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter and (a form of superintendent) at the Royal Court of Sweden. He specialized in historical and genre scenes. Biography He was ...

, painter (born 1841). * 11 November -

Emilie Risberg Emilie Charlotta Risberg Emilie Charlotta Risberg (10 June 1815, in Skara – 11 November 1890, in Örebro) was a Swedish writer and reform pedagogue. She founded the Risbergska skolan (Risberg School) in Örebro, and served as its principal in 1 ...

, writer and reform pedagogue (born 1815)

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Years of the 19th century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub