1871 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1871 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• Poor Care Regulation of 1871 replace the Poor Care Regulation of 1847.
• July – Handelsbanken is established in Stockholm.
• Stockholm Central Station is inaugurated.^[1]
• Geologiska föreningen is founded.

Births

• 7 February – Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer (died 1927)
• 14 February - Gerda Lundequist, actress (died 1959)
• 15 February – John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born American co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain (d. 1963)
• 12 March – Oscar Hedström, co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, makers of the Indian Motocycle (died 1960)

Deaths

• 25 February - Anna Sofia Sevelin, opera singer (born 1790)
• 30 March - Louise of the Netherlands, queen consort (born 1828)
• - Anna Sundström, chemist (born 1785)
• - Emma Fürstenhoff, florist (born 1802)

Notes and References

1. Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. .