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1799 In Sweden
Events from the year 1799 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * - Coffee is banned: due to the opposition, this unpopular law is abolished again in 1802.Svenska folkets underbara öden / VII. Gustaf III:s och Gustav IV Adolfs tid 1772-1809 * - '' Maximum seu archimetria'' by Thomas Thorild Births * 13 March - Maria Dorothea Dunckel, playwright (died 1878) * 22 March – Fredrik Vilhelm August Argelander * 24 March - Nils Almlöf, actor (died 1875) * 31 October - Maria Fredrica von Stedingk, composer (died 1868) * 9 November - Gustav, Prince of Vasa, prince (died 1877) * 11 December - Charlotte Thitz, educator (died 1889) * Helena Larsdotter Westerlund, educator (died 1865) Deaths * * 2 February - Dorothea Maria Lösch, war heroine (born 1730) * 11 March - Anna Lisa Jermen, entrepreneur (born 1770) * 25 May - Barbara Ekenberg, entrepreneur (born 1717) * Anna Elisabeth Baer, ship owner (born 1722) * Anna Maria Brandel, industrialist (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, ; fi, Ruotsi; fit, Ruotti; se, Ruoŧŧa; smj, Svierik; sje, Sverji; sju, Sverje; sma, Sveerje or ; yi, שוועדן, Shvedn; rmu, Svedikko; rmf, Sveittiko. formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of ; around 87% of Swedes reside in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden’s urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Because the country is so long, ranging from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N, the climate of Sweden is diverse. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times, . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 In Sweden
Events from the year 1889 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm Events * 12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister * - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden. * - The Yngsjö murder. * - The Selander Company is founded. * - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden * - First issue of the ''Stockholms-Tidningen'' * - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities. * - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded. * - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions. * - Foundation of the ''Sophiahemmet'' hospital in Stockholm. Births * 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962). * 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968). * 18 December - Alice Habsburg Deaths * 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822) * - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1725 In Sweden
Events from the year 1725 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I Events * - Public bath houses are banned to prevent the spread of syphilis. * - The new building of the Danviken Hospital is completed.Näsström, Gustaf (1951). 400 år på Danviken (in Swedish). Stockholm. * - Inauguration of the Finnish Church, Stockholm. * * * * Births * * February 5 – Anna Maria Rückerschöld, cookery book author and social critic (died 1805 in Sweden, 1805) * Brita Ryy, educator (died 1783 in Sweden, 1783) * Anna Maria Brandel, industrialist (died 1799 in Sweden, 1799) * * Deaths * * * April 14 – Maria Romberg, convicted murderer (born 1697 in Sweden, 1697) * May 23 – Anna Maria Schmilau, tapestry artist * May 31 – Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, governor and admiral (born 1647) References 1725 in Sweden, Years of the 18th century in Sweden 1725 by country, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Brandel
Anna Maria Brandel (1725–1799), was a Swedish industrialist and merchant. After the death of her husband in 1754, she became the owner of his merchant company, as well as one of the biggest textile mills in Sweden. Life Early life She was the daughter of the merchant Samuel Schütz (1676–1740) of Gothenburg and Anna Maria Prunck and sister of Jacob Schütz (1709–1772), mayor of Gothenburg and director of the Swedish East India Company. In 1741, she married the Stockholm merchant Elias Brandel (1707–1754), and settled with him in Stockholm. Her spouse owned a sugar refinery on Blasieholmen, a cotton mill on Kungsholmen and as well as a big merchant company. Anna Maria Brandel was described as a very well educated and capable businesswoman and owned a library of about a hundred volumes in the Swedish, German, French and English language. Business career Upon the death of her spouse in 1754, she took over all of his business enterprises, and as such becoming a major busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 In Sweden
Events from the year 1722 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * - Women are banned from working in the Swedish Post office.Ohlander, Ann-Sofie & Strömberg, Ulla-Britt, Tusen svenska kvinnoår: svensk kvinnohistoria från vikingatid till nutid, 3. (A Thousand Swedish Women's Years: Swedish Women's History from the Viking Age until now), marb. och utök.uppl., Norstedts akademiska förlag, Stockholm, 2008 * * * * * * Births * * 3 January - Fredrik Hasselqvist, naturalist and traveler (died 1752) * 18 March - Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, courtier and royal favorite (died 1758) * 23 December - Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel (died 1765) * * - Anna Elisabeth Baer, ship owner (died 1799) Deaths * * * * * References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Elisabeth Baer
Anna Elisabeth Baer née ''Carlbohm'' (1722–1799) was a Finnish merchant and shipowner. She was one of the richest merchants in the latter half of the 18th century in Turku, Finland. Life Anna Elisabeth Baer was the daughter of the rich merchant and city councillor Kristoffer Carlbohm and Anna Warg of Gamla Karleby. In 1743, she married the wealthy merchant Anders Baer (1712–1770) of Turku, who was also an elected representative to the Swedish parliament. The couple had thirteen children, seven of whom became adults. Business career She took over the family business (as well as her husband's guild membership) after his death in 1770, and managed it for nearly thirty years after his death. She sent several petitions relating to business to the Swedish Collegium of Commerce. She was a shipowner, owned a merchant company and several properties outside of Turku, as well as parts of a brick factory, a saw mill and a tobacco factory. From 1770 until 1777, she managed the Turku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1717 In Sweden
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The following events occurred in Sweden in the year 1717. Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * 2 May - Battle of Göteborg * 19 July - Battle of Strömstad * * * * * * Births * * * 2 August - Karl Aurivillius, linguist, translator and orientalist (died 1786) * 26 November - Olof af Acrel, physician and surgeon (died 1806) * * Date unknown - Elisabeth Lillström, stage actress and opera singer (died 1791) Deaths * 16 January - Elias Brenner, painter, numismatist, and archeologist (born 1647) * 23 February - Magnus Stenbock, military officer (born 1664) * * - Märta Berendes, courtier and memoir writer (born 1639) References Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Ekenberg
Elsa Barbro "Barbara" Ekenberg (1717–25 May 1799), was the owner and manager of a coffeehouse in Stockholm in 1772–99. She was a figure in the work of Carl Michael Bellman, who dedicated to her one of his ''Fredman's Epistles'', No. 9 "Käraste Bröder Systrar och Vänner", with the dedication ''Till Gumman på Thermopolium Boreale och hennes jungfrur'' ('To the Old woman of the Thermopolium Boreale and her maidens'). Biography Barbara Ekenberg managed a coffeehouse after the death of her spouse, Carl Ekenberg, and made it a popular and well-frequented establishment in Gustavian era Stockholm. Her house was known for the innovation of banning smoking, which was a problem in the rest of the coffeehouses, where the smoke was often so thick as to cause breathing problems.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 Bellman described her as squinting and fat but her "maidens" as beautiful, and her house widely known for its musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770 In Sweden
Events from the year 1770 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Adolf Frederick Events * * * * August - The Aurora Society is created in the Swedish province of Finland. * * 8 November – Crown Prince Gustav and his youngest brother travel to Paris. * Births * * * * 3 March - Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch, naturalist (died 1811) * 27 March - Anna Lisa Jermen, entrepreneur (died 1799) * 27 March - Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll, poet and salonnière (died 1835) * 9 October - Eleonora Säfström, actress (died 1857) * 23 October - Lisette Stenberg, actress and pianist (died 1847) * Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer (died 1851) Deaths * * 24 June - Martin van Meytens, painter (born 1695) * 21 July – Charlotta Frölich, writer, historian and agronomist (born 1698 Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lisa Jermen
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Vorone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1730 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick I Events * 23 March - Personal union between Sweden and Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel until 1751. * The first issue of the paper '' Sedo-lärande Mercurius''. * * Births * - Peter Jonas Bergius, medical doctor and botanist (died 1790) * * - Dorothea Maria Lösch, sea captain and war heroine (died 1799) * - Helena Ehrenmalm, landowner (died 1784) Deaths * * 14 September – Sophia Elisabet Brenner, poet (born 1659) References External links Years of the 18th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Maria Lösch
Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730 – 2 February 1799), was a Swedish master mariner, known for the incident during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) in which she commandeered a Swedish ship during a crisis. She was the first female in Sweden to be given the rank of Kapten in the Swedish Navy (approximately the equivalent of lieutenant commander in the British Navy). Her name has also been spelled Losch and Läsch. Dorothea Maria Lösch was the daughter of the goldsmith Henrik Jakob Losch from Stockholm and Dorothea Maria Beyms and married in 1756 to the Finnish sea captain Mårten Johan Thesleff: her spouse's name was also spelled Theslöf or Theslef. She had eleven children during her marriage. She was the author of a medical book of how to treat smallpox, ''Beskrivning af et bepröfvat medel emot Kopp-ärr'' (Stockholm, 1765). Dorothea Maria Lösch took over and commanded the ship ''Armida'' to safety after its officers had been killed or abandoned it during the Battle of Svens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
