1837 in Sweden

Updated on Oct 23, 2023

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Events from the year 1837 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch – Charles XIV John

January - The Cause célèbre murder of Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs chock the country.

- Kloka Anna i Vallåkra begin her career as a religious visionary.

- The first issue of the Nya Wermlands-Tidningen

- Albert Bonniers förlag is founded.

- Stor-Stina starts her exhibition tours.

- Grannarne by Fredrika Bremer

19 May – Pontus Wikner, lecturer in philosophy and professor of aesthetics (died 1888)

30 July – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (died 1925)

– Johanna Hedén, midwife (died 1912)

3 January - Christina Rahm, opera singer and actress (born 1760)

11 January - Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs murder victim (born 1767)

7 February - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, deposed monarch (born 1778)

20 May – Johan Afzelius, chemist (born 1753)

24 May – Gustaf Lagerbielke, politician (born 1817)

21 August - Sophia Rosenhane, benefactor (born 1757)

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