1809 in Sweden

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Gustav IV 's arrest

Events from the year 1809 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchGustav IV Adolf then Charles XIII

Events[]

  • 29 March - Coup of 1809: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état and his uncle made Regent.[1]
  • May - The Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden) is established.
  • 10 May - The former King's son are also deprived of his right to the throne.
  • 5 June - The King's uncle Charles XIII of Sweden is placed upon the throne after having accepted a new constitution.
  • 6 June - Instrument of Government (1809).
  • 18 July - Charles August is elected new heir to the throne of Sweden.
  • 19-20 August - Battle of Ratan and Sävar
  • 17 September - Treaty of Fredrikshamn
  • Inauguration of the Malmö Teater in Malmö.
  • December - The former monarch and his family leaves Sweden for Germany.
  • Allmänna institutet för Blinda och Döfstumma (Public Institute of the Blind and Deaf), the first school for deaf and mute students, is inaugurated in Stockholm by Pär Aron Borg with a demonstration by Charlotta Seuerling.

Births[]

  • 6 January – Sven Lovén, marine zoologist and malacologist (died 1895)
  • 21 August – Hanna Brooman, composer, translator and educator (died 1887)
  • 7 September - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (died 1884)
  • - Angelique Magito, actress (died 1895)

Deaths[]

  • 1 May – Maria Elisabet de Broen, translator and theatre manager (born 1756)
  • 25 July - Charlotta Roos, medium (born 1771)
  • Jeanna von Lantingshausen, politically active socialite (born 1753)
  • Hedvig Sofia von Rosen, royal governess (born 1734)

References[]

  1. ^ Isakson, Börje (2009). Två dygn som förändrade Sverige : 1809 års revolution. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur. Libris 10701773. ISBN 978-91-27-11760-0


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