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1861 in Sweden

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1861 in Sweden

Events from the year 1861 in Sweden

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Charles XV

    • Events

  • A decision is taken to construct Strandvägen in Stockholm.
  • The inauguration of the women teacher's training college Högre lärarinneseminariet, the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden.
  • The dentist profession is opened to women.
  • Danviken Hospital is closed.
  • March - The king grants the con artist Helga de la Brache an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400 Swedish riksdaler a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869).

    • Births

  • 2 June - Concordia Selander, actress and theater manager (died 1935)
  • 24 April - Hedda Andersson, second female doctor in Sweden (died 1950)
  • 14 May - Valborg Olander, politician (died 1943)
  • - Elsa Eschelsson, first female doctor of Laws (died 1911)
  • - Karolina Olsson, hibernator (died 1950)

    • Deaths

  • 17 January - Malla Silfverstolpe, salonniére (born 1782)
  • 21 February - Lars Levi Læstadius

    • References

    1861 in Sweden Wikipedia
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