1808 in Sweden

Years in Sweden:	1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811
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Years:	1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811

Events from the year 1808 in Sweden

Drottninggatan 1808

Incumbents

Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

21 February - Finnish War
2 May - Battle of Pulkkila
2 March - Siege of Sveaborg
14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts.
16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki
18 April - Battle of Siikajoki
27 April - Battle of Revolax
28 April - Battle of Furuholm
19–20 June - Battle of Lemo
August - Jämtland Campaign (1808)
27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta
18 September - Battle of Palva Sund
26–28 September - Helsinki village landing
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his Föreläsningar i Djurkemien.
- Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later discovered, fired but decorated with a medal for bravery in battle.[1]
- The first school for the deaf and mute in Sweden is founded by Pär Aron Borg.

Births

6 March - Sofia Adlersparre, painter (died 1862)
8 September – Wendela Hebbe, reporter, often called the first female reporter of her country (died 1899)
- Emanuel Björling, mathematician (died 1872)
21 October - Maria Christina Bruhn, inventor (born 1732)
28 December - Andreas Bruce, transsexual memoir writer (died 1885)

Deaths

3 January – Fredrika Eleonora von Düben, artist (born 1738)
26 February - Lovisa Simson, theater director (born 1746)
19 August - Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, shipbuilder (born 1721)
30 March – Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg, writer (born 1731)
1 October – Thomas Thorild, poet (born 1759)
undated - Maria Elisabet Öberg, weaver (born 1734)

References

Cecilia af Klercker (översättning och redigering) (1942). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok VIII. P.A. Norstedt & Söners förlag.

1808 in Europe
Sovereign states	Andorra Austria Baden Denmark–Norway Denmark Norway France Holland Hungary Liechtenstein Ottoman Empire Papal States Portugal Prussia Russia San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

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