1874 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1874 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 27 April – Hildegard Björck becomes the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree.
- In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, girls' schools which meet the demands are given governmental support.[1]
- In accordance with the Girls' School Committee of 1866, Wallinska skolan becomes the first girls' school permitted to administer the studentexamen for its students.[2]
- Married women granted control over their own income.[3]
- The inauguration of the Grand Hôtel (Stockholm).
- Foundation of the Långholmen Prison
- Maria Stenkula opens the Malmö högre läroverk för flickor
- Establishment of the Prästerskapets Änke- och Pupillkassa, a retirement fund for widows of priests.
- Foundation of the Swedish Publicists' Association.
- Foundation of the Friends of Handicraft.
Births
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- 11 February – Elsa Beskow, author and illustrator (died 1954)
- 13 February – Elsa Lindberg, Swedish writer and princess of Persia (died 1944)[4]
- 5 July – Anna Lang, harpist (died 1920)
Deaths
[edit]- 11 February – Zelma Hedin, stage actress (born 1827)
- 23 March – Gertrud Ahlgren, cunning woman and natural healer (born 1782)
- 21 June – Anders Jonas Ångström physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy[5] (born 1814)
- 6 November – Anders Selinder, ballet master (born 1806)
References
[edit]- ^ Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. [Swedish Girl School in the 19th-century] Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN
- ^ Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm, urn:sbl:15001, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2015-05-11.
- ^ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- ^ Åhlen, Bengt (1945). Svensk bokkalender 1945: En översikt över 1944 års bokutgivning (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögre. p. 82. OCLC 924316513.
- ^ Murdin, P. (November 2000). "Angstrom". Bibcode:2000eaa..bookE4594.. doi:10.1888/0333750888/4594. ISBN 0333750888.
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