1864 in Sweden

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Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter

Events from the year 1864 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• The Skandinaviska Banken founded.
• The newspaper Dagens Nyheter begins its publication.
• June 18 – The Decree of Extended Freedom of Trade introduce complete freedom of trade in Sweden: unmarried women are granted the same rights within trade and commerce as men.[1]
• Husbands are forbidden to abuse their wives.[2]
• The gymnastics profession is open to women.[3]
• Queen Louise and Princess Louise takes lessons in ice skating for the pioneer Nancy Edberg, making ice skating socially acceptable for females.[4]
• Bertha Valerius appointed official photographer of the royal court.
• Women students are admitted as students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts without having to apply for a dispensation.[5]
• Foundation of the Statens normalskola för flickor.
• The famous trip of the Sami Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter to Stockholm.

Births

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
1931

• 20 January – Mathilda Malling, novelist (died 1942)
• 12 March – Alice Tegnér, composer (died 1943)
• 25 June – Ola Hanson, missionary (died 1927).
• 20 July – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (died 1931)
• 27 November – Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (died 1951).[6]
• 3 December – Anna Boberg, artist (died 1935)
• 17 December – Felix Körling, composer (died 1937).[7]
• 18 December – Per-Olof Arvidsson, sport shooter (died 1947).[8]

Deaths

• 2 January – Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist and politician (born 1784)
• 2 March – Brita Catharina Lidbeck, singer (born 1788)
• 28 May – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (born 1807)
• 4 November – Lotten Wennberg, philanthropist (born 1815)
• Wendla Åberg, dancer and actress (born 1791)

References

1. Mansdominans i förändring, om ledningsgrupper och styrelser: betänkande by Sverige Utredningen om kvinnor på ledande poster i näringslivet (SOU 2003:16). Stockholm: Edita Norstedts Tryckeri AB. 2003. ISBN 91-38-21953-0.
2. Palmquist, Christer; Widberg, Hans Kristian (2004). Millenium Samhällskunskap A (in Swedish). Bonniers. p. 317. ISBN 9789162259952.
3. Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm
4. Idun (1890): Nr 15 (121)
5. Österberg, Carin: Svenska kvinnor; Föregångare Nyskapare (Swedish women; Predecessors, pioneers) Signum, Lund (1990) (Swedish)
6. "Gustaf Boivie". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
7. "Felix Körling (1864-1937)" (in Swedish). Levande musikarv. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
8. "Per-Olof Arvidsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2014.