1884 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1884 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander

Events

• - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
• - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
• - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
• - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
• - The toy company Brio is founded.
• - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
• - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
• - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
  • Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act^[1]

Births

• 7 January  - Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935)
• 29 January  - Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)^[2]
• 9 March  - Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).^[3]
• 11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974)^[4]
• 31 March  - Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).^[5]
• 2 April  - Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965)^[6]
• 11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter (died 1963)^[7]
• 17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965)^[8]
• 25 May  - Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).^[9]
• 30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971)^[10]
• 1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947)
• 4 July  - Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).^[11]
• 30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944)^[12]

Deaths

• 2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818)
• 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809)
• Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798)
• Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836)

Notes and References

1. Book: Schön, Lennart . An economic history of modern Sweden. 2012 . Routledge . 9780415671309 . London . 690089901.
2. https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=6346 Rickard J Sandler
3. Web site: Carl Holmberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204511/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/carl-holmberg-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 October 2014.
4. Web site: DEN SMALA VÄGEN - the life of Lewi Pethrus . 2023-11-21 . densmalavagen.webblogg.se.
5. Web site: Axel Ljung . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/axel-ljung-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 October 2014.
6. Web site: 2023-11-17 . Gösta Adrian-Nilsson . 2023-11-21 . Bukowskis . sv.
7. Web site: Otto von Rosen . olympedia.org . 1 July 2024.
8. Web site: Prince Wilhelm . 2023-11-21 . www.kungahuset.se . en.
9. Web site: Gösta Lilliehöök . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gosta-lilliehook-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 October 2014.
10. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 . 2023-11-21 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
11. https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gustav-malmstrom.html Gustaf Malmström
12. Web site: 1884-10-24 . Emil Fjellström - SFdb . 2023-11-21 . sv.