![Gustavianska operan 1892a](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Gustavianska_operan_1892a.jpg)
Events from the year 1892 in
Sweden
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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Oscar II
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...
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Prime Minister
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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 ...
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Events
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Cision
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Örebro Mission
The Örebro Mission ( sv, Örebromissionen) was a Protestant denomination in Sweden. It was founded in Örebro in 1892 by Baptist pastor John Ongman and was part of the Baptist Union of Sweden until 1936. In 1997, the denomination became part o ...
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Swedish Cooperage Union
* 11 June - ''
Stockholm Public Women's Club'' is founded in Stockholm.
Births
![1912 Erik Adlerz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/1912_Erik_Adlerz.JPG)
* 2 July –
Anders Larsson, sport wrestler (died 1945).
* 10 July –
Augusta Björkenstam
Augusta Björkenstam (3 December 1829 - 10 July 1892) was a Swedish countess and businessperson. She founded the transport company ''Stockholms Expressbyrå'' (1877), which managed the transport of luggage from the Stockholm Central Train Statio ...
, countess and businessperson (died 1892)
* 23 July –
Erik Adlerz
Erik Wilhelm "Loppan" Adlerz (23 July 1892 – 8 September 1975) was a Swedish diver who competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round in the 10 metre platform event. Four years later ...
, diver (died 1975).
* 15 August –
Gösta Lundqvist, sailor (died 1944).
* 4 December –
Per Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1972).
Deaths
* 7 January -
Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess)
Anna Maria Cederschiöld (20 November 1815 in Växjö - 7 January 1892 in Lund) was a Swedish noble deaconess and nurse. She was a pioneer in the education of deaconesses and nursing in Sweden, and the first head of the first Deaconess institution ...
(born
1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussi ...
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Carolina Lindström, hat maker (born
1812
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire.
* January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of ...
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* 11 December -
Nancy Edberg
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, pioneer swimmer (born
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...
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* 25 January -
Charlotta Norberg Maria Charlotta "Charlotte" Norberg also known as ''Charlotte Törner'' (27 December 1824 in Stockholm – 25 February 1892 in Stockholm) was a Swedish Ballerina and ballet teacher. She was a star of the Royal Swedish Ballet in the mid 19th-centur ...
, ballerina (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...
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* 21 October -
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 ...
, writer (born
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 th ...
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Matilda Kristina von Schwerin, landowner (born
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
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See also
References
Years of the 19th century in Sweden
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