1863 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1863 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• 1863–1864: Rudberg and Gillis Bildt develop a city plan for Stockholm. Albert Lindhagen is appointed head of a commission to examine the plan the following year, only to produce a plan of his own in 1866. The plan, published in 1867, results in no actions.^[1]
• - Inauguration of Berns Salonger in Stockholm.
• - Foundation of Skandinaviska Banken.
• - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
• - Foundation of the Alfred Berg company.
• - The Risbergska skolan is founded.
• - Danviken Hospital is closed.
• - The Post- and telegraph professions are opened to women.^[2]
• 7 August - Johanna Hedén becomes the first licensed female surgeon by passing her exam as feldsher.^[3]

Births

• 15 December – Axel Danielsson, socialist agitator, journalist and writer (died 1899)
• 11 March - Amanda Christensen, business person (died 1928)

Notes and References

1. Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. .
2. Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm
3. Pia Höjeberg: Jordemor (2011)