1884 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1884
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Events from the year 1884 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch – Oscar II
- Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander
Events
- - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
- - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
- - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
- - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
- - The toy company Brio is founded.
- - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
- - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
- - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
- Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act[1]
Births
- 7 January – Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935)[2]
- 29 January – Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)[3]
- 9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).[4]
- 11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974)[5]
- 31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).[6]
- 2 April – Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965)[7]
- 17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965)[8]
- 25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).[9]
- 30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971)[10]
- 1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947)[11]
- 4 July – Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).[12]
- 30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944)[13]
Deaths
- 2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818)
- 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809)
- Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798)
- Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836)
References
- ^ Schön, Lennart (2012). An economic history of modern Sweden. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415671309. OCLC 690089901.
- ^ Makko, Aryo (28 November 2019), "Disillusionment and Years of Conflict, 1884–1905", European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire, Brill Nijhoff, pp. 100–189, ISBN 978-90-04-41438-9, retrieved 21 November 2023
- ^ Rickard J Sandler (in Swedish)
- ^ "Carl Holmberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "DEN SMALA VÄGEN - the life of Lewi Pethrus". densmalavagen.webblogg.se. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Axel Ljung". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Gösta Adrian-Nilsson". Bukowskis (in Swedish). 17 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Prince Wilhelm". www.kungahuset.se. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Gösta Lilliehöök". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Sigurd Wallén at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Gustaf Malmström (in Swedish)
- ^ "Emil Fjellström - SFdb" (in Swedish). 24 October 1884. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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