1837 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1837 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

• January - The Cause célèbre murder of Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs chock the country.^[1]
• - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra begin her career as a religious visionary.
• - The first issue of the Nya Wermlands-Tidningen
• - Albert Bonniers förlag is founded.
• - Stor-Stina starts her exhibition tours.
• - Grannarne by Fredrika Bremer

Births

• 19 May – Pontus Wikner, lecturer in philosophy and professor of aesthetics (died 1888)
• 30 July – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (died 1925)
• Johanna Hedén, midwife (died 1912)
• Maria Andersson (businesswoman) (died 1922)

Deaths

• 3 January - Christina Rahm, opera singer and actress (born 1760)
• 11 January - Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs murder victim (born 1767)
• 7 February - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, deposed monarch (born 1778)
• 20 May – Johan Afzelius, chemist (born 1753)
• 24 May – Gustaf Lagerbielke, politician (born 1817)
• 21 August - Sophia Rosenhane, benefactor (born 1757)
• - Inga Åberg, opera singer and stage actress (born 1773)

Notes and References

1. Gustafsson, Marie & Bustad, Andreas, Historien om Catharina Ulrica Hiort af Ornäs: "det hemska dådet på Ramsnäsholm", Lilla Ornäs förlag, Borlänge, 2012