1807 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1807 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

• January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania.
• - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen.
• - The land reform Enskiftet is enforced in all Sweden-Finland, which signified the end of traditional village life.^[1]
• - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.^[2]

Births

• 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864)
• 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877)
• 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844)
• 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892)
• Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869)
• Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893)

Deaths

• - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (born 1759)

Notes and References

1. Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
2. Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013