1853 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1853 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchOscar I

Events[]

  • The first Telegraphy net are being constructed.
  • The first Gasworks in Sweden.
  • Street lights by gas lighting are introduced in the capital.[1]
  • Coffee brand Gevalia is launched.
  • The choir Orphei Drängar is founded.
  • The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools are opened to both sexes. [2]
  • 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.

Births[]

  • 3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer (died 1921)
  • 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (died 1897)
  • 20 February - Amanda Röntgen-Maier, violinist and composer (died 1894)
  • 17 May - Carolina Östberg, opera singer (died 1924)
  • 28 May - Carl Larsson, painter (died 1919)
  • 11 June - Alma Åkermark, feminist and editor (died 1933)
  • 10 September - Gertrud Adelborg, leading member of the women's rights movement (died 1942)
  • - Maria Westberg, ballerina (died 1893)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
  2. ^ Inger Hultgren (Swedish): Kvinnors organisation och samhällets beslutsprocess (1982)


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