1864 in Sweden explained

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 take lessons in ice skating from 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

• 20 January  - Mathilda Malling, novelist (died 1942).
• 12 March  - Alice Tegnér, composer (died 1943).^[6]
• 25 June  - Ola Hanson, missionary (died 1927).
• 20 July  - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (died 1931).
• 27 November  - Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (died 1951).^[7]
• 3 December  - Anna Boberg, artist (died 1935).
• 17 December  - Felix Körling, composer (died 1937).^[8]
• 18 December  - Per-Olof Arvidsson, sport shooter (died 1947).^[9]

Deaths

• 2 January  - Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist and politician (born 1784).
• 25 January  - Simon Marcus Larson, artist (born 1825).
• 2 March  - Brita Catharina Lidbeck, singer (born 1788).
• 28 May – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (born 1807).
• 4 November  - Lotten Wennberg, philanthropist (born 1815).
• 1864 – Wendla Åberg, dancer and actress (born 1791).

Notes and 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. .
2. Palmquist, Christer; Widberg, Hans Kristian (2004). Millenium Samhällskunskap A (in Swedish). Bonniers. p. 317. .
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. Book: Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London. Macmillan. 2006. 457. 978-0-33351-598-3.
7. Web site: Gustaf Boivie . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/gustaf-boivie-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 10 November 2014.
8. Web site: Felix Körling (1864-1937). Levande musikarv. sv. 10 November 2014.
9. Web site: Per-Olof Arvidsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204430/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/per-olof-arvidsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 10 November 2014.