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1842 in Sweden

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1842 in Sweden

Events from the year 1842 in Sweden

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XIV John

    • Events

  • 18 June - Compulsory Primary education for both sexes.
  • - The Garden Society of Gothenburg is opened.
  • - The theater monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm is abolished.
  • 28 May - Inauguration of the Mindre teatern, the first theater to be active within the city borders of Stockholm since the introduction of the monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre 44 years earlier.
  • - The new Starrkärr Church is inaugurated.
  • - Rosen på Tistelön by Emilie Flygare-Carlén.
  • - Qvinnan med förmyndare (Woman with Guardian) by Sophie Bolander

    • Births

  • 5 January - Ellen Bergman, musician and women's right activist (died 1921)
  • 11 February – Erik Gustaf Boström, landowner and politician (died 1907)
  • 22 July - Maria Stenkula, educator (died 1932)
  • 17 October - Gustaf Retzius, physician and anatomist (died 1919)
  • 9 December – Carl David af Wirsén, poet, literary critic and the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary 1884-1912 (died 1912)

    • Deaths

  • 27 February - Kisamor, natural doctor and herbalist (died 1788)

    • References

    1842 in Sweden Wikipedia
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