1888 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1888 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Robert Themptander, Gillis Bildt

Events

• 6 February  - Gillis Bildt assumed the position of prime minister
• 25 June  - The Umeå city fire destroyed most of the city of Umeå
• 30 September  - Elizabeth Stride is murdered in Whitechapel in London.
• The Iron Ore Line is opened.
• The trade union Swedish Metalworkers' Union is formed.
• The mursmäckas launched a strike in Stockholm to raise their salary. This attracted a great deal of attention because of their gender, and the newspapers called it The Women's Strike.^[1]
• The Women's Worker's Club, the first political club for women in Sweden, is founded by Elma Danielsson in Malmö.
• The temperance activist Emilie Rathou became the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech.^[2]
• The Fotografiska Föreningen (Photographic Society) is founded: the first woman, Anna Hwass, is made a member of the board.^[3]
• The morganatic marriage between Prince Oscar and Ebba Munck cause a scandal.
• 1888 Sundsvall fire

Births

• 26 January - Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (died 1928).
• 18 March  - Axel Janse, gymnast (died 1973).^[4]
• 26 March  - Elsa Brändström, nurse and philanthropist (died 1948)
• 14 December  - Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (died 1939).^[5]
• 18 December  - Mauritz Eriksson, sport shooter (died 1947).^[6]

Deaths

• 21 July  - Victoria Benedictsson, writer (born 1850)
• 7 February  - Aurore von Haxthausen, composer (born 1830)

Notes and References

1. Margareta Ståhl m.fl.: Strejker och strejkvisor 1873–1909, Arkivet för Folkets historia, 1974.
2. Emilie Rathou, urn:sbl:7563, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Hjördis Levin), hämtad 2015-05-30.
3. Dahlman, Eva: Kvinnliga pionjärer, osynliga i fotohistorien
4. Web site: Axel Janse . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/axel-janse-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 October 2014.
5. Web site: Åke Lundeberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/ake-lundeberg-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
6. Web site: Mauritz Eriksson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/mauritz-eriksson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 October 2014.