Events from the year 1856 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

– Oscar I

Events

* 7 May - The

Swedish Evangelical Mission The Swedish Evangelical Mission (SEM) ( Swedish: "Evangelical Homeland Foundation", EFS) is an independent, low-church, New Evangelical () movement within the Church of Sweden. It emphasizes the importance of lay involvement in the church and ...

is established., * 29 September -

Fredrika Bremer Fredrika Bremer (17 August 1801 – 31 December 1865) was a Finland, Finnish-born Sweden and Norway, Swedish Swedish literature, writer and feminism in Sweden, feminist reformer. Her ''Sketches of Everyday Life'' were wildly popular in Bri ...

publishes her famous novel '' Hertha'', which contributes to a great debate about reform within women's rights. * 15 October –

André Oscar Wallenberg André Oscar Wallenberg (19 November 1816 – 12 January 1886) was a Swedish banker, industrialist, naval officer, newspaper tycoon, politician and a patriarch of the Wallenberg family. In 1856 Wallenberg founded the Stockholms Enskilda Bank, t ...

establishes the Stockholms Enskilda Bank. *Date unknown – Luleå becomes the seat of Norrbotten County. *Date unknown - Construction of the

Western Main Line The Western Main Line ( sv, Västra stambanan) is the main state-owned railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden. Its construction began in 1856 and it opened for service in 1862.Infanticide Act (Sweden) The Infanticide Act ( sv, Barnamordsplakatet), often referred to as "Infanticide act of Gustav III" (') after its instigator Gustav III of Sweden, was a historical Swedish law, which was introduced in 1778 and in effect until 1917, with alterati ...

. *Date unknown - Inauguration of the theater Folkan in Stockholm.

Births

* 8 March - Cecilia Milow, author, translator, educator, campaigner and suffragette (died 1946) * 29 June -

Maria Cederschiöld Hedvig ''Maria'' Reddita Cederschiöld (29 June 1856, Stockholm – 19 October 1935, Stockholm), was a Swedish journalist and women's rights activist. She was the chief editor of the foreign office at '' Aftonbladet'' in 1909–1921, and the firs ...

, journalist (died 1935) * 3 September -

Selma Ek Selma Ek (3 September 1856 – 3 May 1941) was a Swedish operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1870s through the 1890s. Like Lilli Lehmann and Lillian Nordica, she was one of those universally talented singers of the lat ...

, operatic soprano (died 1941) * 10 December -

Karolina Widerström Karolina Olivia Widerström (10 December 1856 – 4 March 1949), was a Swedish doctor and gynecologist. She was the first female physician with a university education in her country. She was also a feminist and a politician, and engaged in the qu ...

, first female physician (died 1949) * Anna Sterky, union worker (died 1939) * Augusta Andersson, restaurant owner (died 1938)

Deaths

* - Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, painter (born

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...

) * -

Charlotta Öberg Charlotta Öberg (1818, in Stockholm – 21 June 1856) known as ''Lotta Öberg'', was a Swedish poet. Life Öberg was born in Stockholm to a charwoman and a carpenter. Due to her family's poverty, she was unable to attend school as a child. H ...

, poet (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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