1867 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1867 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• 1 August - Inauguration of the new Uppsala University Hospital.
• The Lantmanna Party is created.
• Emmy Rappe becomes head nurse in the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, where she opened the first professional training courses for nurses in Sweden.^[1]
• The great Swedish famine of 1867-1869 spreads from Finland to Sweden, where it lasts until 1868. This is the last famine to take place in Sweden.^[2]
• The scandal of the great bankruptcy of the heiress Louise von Fersen (1816–1879) attracts attention.
• The great Swedish emigration to the United States begun, in part caused by the great famine.^[3]
• Helsingborgs Dagblad is founded.
• Augusta Lundin open her fashion studio in Stockholm.^[4]

Births

• 27 February – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer (died 1942)
• 26 September – Anna Paues, philologist (died 1945)
• 30 September – Gulli Petrini, physicist, women's right activist and politician (died 1941)
• 13 December – Jenny Brandt, ballerina (died 1933)
• Ebba De la Gardie, reporter (died 1928)

Deaths

• 4 January - Marianne Ehrenström, artist (born 1773)
• 3 October - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (born 1777)
• Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (born 1797)
• Lovisa Mathilda Nettelbladt, writer (born 1814)

Notes and References

1. Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990.
2. Häger, Olle; Torell, Carl; Villius, Hans (1978). Ett satans år: Norrland 1867. Stockholm: Sveriges Radio. Libris 8358120. (inb.)
3. Häger, Olle; Torell, Carl; Villius, Hans (1978). Ett satans år: Norrland 1867. Stockholm: Sveriges Radio. Libris 8358120. (inb.)
4. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Gunhild Engholm), hämtad 2015-01-06.