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1872 In Sweden
Events from the year 1872 in Sweden Incumbents *Monarch – Charles XV, then Oscar II Events * 27 February - Betty Pettersson is accepted as a student at the Uppsala university, and thereby becomes the first female university student in Sweden. * - Women are granted unlimited right to choose marriage partner without the need of any permission from her family, and arranged marriages are thereby banned (women of the nobility, however, are not granted the same right until 1882). * - Folk schools are given state support.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996 * - Linköping Central Station is completed * 18 September - King Charles XV dies. Having no sons, he's succeeded by his brother Oscar II Births * 14 January – Kerstin Hesselgren, Swedish politician (died 1962) * 28 April – Carl Bonde, army officer and equerry (died 1957) * 1 May – Hugo Alfvén, musician (died 1960) * 9 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1872
Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on the Gold Coast, from the Netherlands. * February 4 – A great solar flare, and associated geomagnetic storm, makes northern lights visible as far south as Cuba. * February 13 – Rex, the most famous parade on Mardi Gras, parades for the first time in New Orleans for Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. * February 17 – Filipino priests José Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as Gomburza, are executed in Bagumbayan Fields, Manila, Philippines by the authorities of New Spain, on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. * February 20 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City. * March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park (once dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Alfvén
Hugo Emil Alfvén (; 1 May 18728 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Career Violinist Alfvén was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and studied at the Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) from 1887 to 1891 with the violin as his main instrument while receiving lessons from Lars Zetterquist. He also took private composition lessons from Johan Lindegren, a leading counterpoint expert. At the same time he played the violin at the Royal Opera in Stockholm 1890-1892. Conductor Starting in 1897, Alfvén travelled much of the next ten years in Europe. He studied violin technique in Brussels with César Thomson and learned conducting in Dresden with Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach. In 1903-4 he was formally professor of composition at the Royal Conservatory, Stockholm. From 1910 Alfvén was '' Director musices'' (music director) at the University of Uppsala (a post he held until 1939). There he also directed the male voice choir Orphei D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1792 In Sweden
Events from the year 1792 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav III then Gustav IV Adolf Events * January - King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Gävle. * February - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved. * 16 March - Assassination of Gustav III: Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated by Jakob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. * 29 March - Gustav III dies and are succeeded by his minor son, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, under the guardianship of his uncle, Duke Charles. * The Funeral of Gustav III * 27 April – Jakob Johan Anckarström is executed for regicide in Stockholm. * July - Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm becomes a member of the guardian government and the de facto regent of Sweden. * 20 December – ''The Marriage of Figaro'' is given for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm with Didrik Gabriel Björn and Eleonora Säfström.Johan Flodmark : Stenborgska skådebanorna (The Stenborg St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolina Bock
Karolina Sofia Bock née ''Richter'' (August 28, 1792, Stockholm – 22 March 1872) was a Swedish stage actress. She was the principal and drama teacher of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy twice: from 1831 to 1834, and from 1841 to 1856. She was an elite actress of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 Swedish theatre and Swedish actors from Gustav III to our days. First Book 1772–1842' Life Karolina Richter was born to the hautboist Carl Johan Richter and Magdalena Sofia Rytting. She was a student of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy at the Royal Swedish Opera between 1806 and 1810. She was a student of Sofia Lovisa Gråå, and belonged to those female stage artists of her generation referred to as the "Grå Girls". Early life Karolina Bock was engaged at the ''Djurgårdsteatern'' and the ''Nya komiska teatern'' of Isak de Broen in 1813 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemar Langlet
Valdemar Langlet (; December 17, 1872 in Lerbo, Sweden – October 16, 1960 in Stockholm) was a Swedish publisher, and an early Esperantist. With his wife Nina Borovko-Langlet in Budapest, he is credited with saving many Jews from the Holocaust, by providing Swedish documents saying that people were waiting for Swedish nationality. Raoul Wallenberg was inspired by Langlet and used the same method to save Jewish people when he came to Budapest. In 1965, Valdemar and Nina Langlet were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Early life He was the son of architect Emil Victor Langlet and his wife author Clara Mathilda Ulrika Clementine Söderén (1832-1904). His brother included chemist Abraham Langlet (1868-1936). After his student years (in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) he worked as an engineer, and later journalist and editor of many Swedish newspapers (among others, '' Svensk Handelstidning'' and ''Svenska Dagbladet''. He wrote books about curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 In Sweden
Events from the year 1949 in Sweden: Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events *The Swedish Building Workers' Union founded Popular culture Film *29 August – ''Flickan från tredje raden'' released *17 October – ''Thirst'' released *9 December – ''Pippi Longstocking'' released Sport *4 to 10 February – the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm *12 to 20 February – the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm Births *2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations *15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skater *21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022) *6 April – Janet Ågren, actress *13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer *21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer *9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver *19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician *16 August – Bo Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Granqvist
Ida Granqvist (12 November 1872 – 10 March 1949) was a Sweden, Swedish missionary. She wrote 26 books of poetry and translated hundreds of texts into Zulu language, isiZulu whilst a missionary in South Africa. She was criticised for speaking from a pulpit (like a man) whilst in Sweden. Life Granqvist was born in 1872 in Rackeby church parish. Her parents were Ida and Johannes Granqvist who was a pastor. She was given second place by the Swedish Academy for her song cycle ''Gransus'' in 1899 and she published the first of her 26 books of poetry ''''Drom (poetry), Drom'''' in 1900. She was devoted to her father and wrote one of her collections of poems in tribute in 1907. They had spoken about mission work and after his death she was accepted as a missionary. At the time this was the closest that women could get to being a priest as they were not allowed to preach, but as a missionary, women could tell "stories". She returned to Sweden in 1915 and committed herself again to mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In Sweden
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Events from the year 1945 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Events * 18 January – The disappearance of the spy Jane Horney. * 29 January – The Swedish Institute is founded. Births * 1 March – Svenne Hedlund (d. 2022). * 25 April – Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish musician *3 June – Bernt Frilén, orienteering competitor, world champion 1974 (d. 2019). Deaths * 4 January - Ellen Hartman, actress (born 1860) * 5 February – Ragnar Östberg, architect * 22 June – Frida Stéenhoff, author (born 1865) References Years of the 20th 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] |
Swedish Parliament
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election. The constitutional mandates of the Riksdag are enumerated in the '' Instrument of Government'' (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act ().Instrument of Government as of 2012. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gustaf Ekman
Carl Gustaf Ekman (6 October 1872 – 15 June 1945) was a Swedish politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1911 to 1932 (serving in both lower and upper houses), leader of the Freeminded People's Party between 1924 and 1932, and served as Prime Minister from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1932. Biography Carl Gustaf Ekman was born in Munktorp (now Köping Municipality) in Västmanland County, to farmer and soldier Carl Ekman and Josefina Säfström. He began working at the age of twelve as a farmhand, read everything he could get his hands on, and was entrusted with duties inside the temperance movement, where he became a functionary. He was promoted to director of the Friends of the Temperance Movement's disability and burial fund in the industrial town of Eskilstuna. In 1908 he was appointed as chief editor of the liberal newspaper ''Eskiltuna-Kuriren''. His attempt to be elected to the Riksdag failed because of the domination of the Social Democrats in Eskiltuna, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Staff
A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the execution of their plans and orders, especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations. They are organised into functional groups such as administration, logistics, operations, intelligence, training, etc. They provide multi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer, subordinate military units and other stakeholders.PK Mallick, 2011Staff System in the Indian Army: Time for Change Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, vol 31. A centralised general staff results in tighter top-down control but requires larger staff at headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Nygren
General Oscar Eugéne Nygren (26 September 1872 – 12 January 1960) was a Swedish Army officer. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1933 to 1937 and acting Chief of the Army from 1936 to 1937. Although retired from active service in 1937, he was called back in service after World War II broke out, as commander of the 2nd Army Corps. He finally retired from the Army in 1941. Career Military career Nygren was born on 26 September 1872 in Gävle, Sweden, the son of Richard Nygren, a city broker, and his wife Thekla (née Engelmark). He became a second lieutenant in Hälsinge Regiment (I 14) in 1892 and studied at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1896 to 1898 and was a cadet at the General Staff from 1898 to 1901. Nygren became a lieutenant at the General Staff in 1902 and was promoted to captain in 1904. He was adjutant to the head of the Ministry of Land Defence from 1907 to 1910 and was transferred to Hälsinge Regiment (I 14) in 1909. Nygren was major at the Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
