1879 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1879 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Louis Gerhard De Geer

Events

• - The Gothenburg tram network began operation.
• - The first issue of the Karlstads-Tidningen.
• - The Sabbatsberg Hospital is founded.
• - The first national Flickskolemöte (Girl School Meeting) to reform female education is summoned by Hilda Caselli.^[1]

Births

• 13 April  - Johan Petter Åhlén, businessman and Olympic medalist (d. 1939)
• 26 June  - Gustaf Adolf Jonsson, sport shooter (died 1949).^[2]
• 14 August  - Bernhard Larsson, sport shooter (died 1947).^[3]
• 20 August  - Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (died 1962).^[4]
• 10 December  - Hanna Grönvall, politician and trade union worker (died 1953)

Deaths

• 3 January - Anna Johansdotter Norbäck, founder and leader of the religious movement Annaniterna (born 1804)
• 26 February – Anna Nordlander, painter (born 1843)

Notes and References

1. [Gunhild Kyle]
2. Web site: Gustaf Adolf Jonsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/gustaf-adolf-jonsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 18 October 2014.
3. Web site: Bernhard Larsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203846/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/bernhard-larsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 18 October 2014.
4. Web site: Gustaf Lewenhaupt . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/gustaf-lewenhaupt-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 18 October 2014.