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1838 in Sweden

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1838 in Sweden

Events from the year 1838 in Sweden

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XIV John

    • Events

  • 7 March – Jenny Lind as her breakthrough in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
  • The state licensed brothels, London and Stadt Hamburg, open in the capital in an attempt by the city authorities to control the spread of sexual disease.
  • - Rabulist riots
  • - First issue of Borås Tidning
  • - First issue of Östgöta Correspondenten
  • - Foundation of the philanthropic sewing society by Emilie Petersen.

    • Births

  • 20 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (died 1917)
  • 14 September - Hanna Ouchterlony, Salvationist (died 1924)
  • 4 December - Hanna Winge, painter (died 1896)
  • - Hilda Petrini, watch maker (died 1895)
  • - Betty Pettersson, first female university student (died 1885)
  • - Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm, actress and drama teacher (died 1907)

    • References

    1838 in Sweden Wikipedia
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