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1881 In Sweden
Events from the year 1881 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse Events * - Åre railway station opened * - Malexander Church Births *26 May – Sten Dehlgren, military officer and newspaper editor (d. 1947). * 8 July – Ruth Gustafson, social democrat, politician, social reformer (died 1960) * 9 July – Arvid Andersson, tug-of-war competitor (died 1956). * 29 August – Johan Hübner von Holst, sport shooter (died 1945). * 5 October – Florence Stephens, heiress and landowner (died 1979) * 18 November – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (died 1966). Deaths * 26 march - Lovisa Åhrberg, surgeon and doctor (born 1801) * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (born 1804) References Sweden Sweden, 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 , Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gustafson
Ruth Valborg Maria Gustafson née ''Pettersson'' (8 July 1881 – 5 April 1960), was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat), union worker, women's rights activist and editor. She was a member of the Stockholm city council from 1919 to 1938, a member of the second chamber of parliament from 1933 to 1960, and editor of the social democratic paper ''Morgonbris'' from 1908 to 1910 and 1919 to 1921. She was a member of the National Association for Women's Suffrage from 1902 to 1921, and a speaker of the left wing within the movement. Life and career Ruth Gustafson was born to caretaker Fredrik Teodor Pettersson and Anna Lovisa Johansson in Stockholm. She married editor and parliamentarian Hjalmar Albin Gustafson (1883–1961) in 1912 and divorced him in 1934. She was a board member of the Women's Trade Union in 1903–1906, Working Committee of the Social Democratic Women in 1907–1910 and 1917–1920, Chairperson of the Working Committee of the Social Democratic Women in 1908–1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 In Sweden
Events from the year 1881 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse Events * - Åre railway station opened * - Malexander Church Births *26 May – Sten Dehlgren, military officer and newspaper editor (d. 1947). * 8 July – Ruth Gustafson, social democrat, politician, social reformer (died 1960) * 9 July – Arvid Andersson, tug-of-war competitor (died 1956). * 29 August – Johan Hübner von Holst, sport shooter (died 1945). * 5 October – Florence Stephens, heiress and landowner (died 1979) * 18 November – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (died 1966). Deaths * 26 march - Lovisa Åhrberg, surgeon and doctor (born 1801) * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (born 1804) References Sweden Sweden, 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 , Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1804 In Sweden
Events from the year 1804 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf Events * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius discover cerium. * - Sofia Lovisa Gråå appointed principal of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy.Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. () ("Swedish Women; predecessors, pioneers") Births * 28 January - Carl Johan Billmark, painter (died 1870 in Sweden, 1870) * 8 May - Lapp-Nils, Sami musician (died 1870 in Sweden, 1870) * 19 August - Christina Enbom, opera singer (died 1880 in Sweden, 1880) * - Anna Johansdotter Norbäck, founder and leader of the religious movement ''Annaniterna'' (died 1879 in Sweden, 1879) * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (died 1881 in Sweden, 1881) Deaths * 4 April - Abraham de Broen, actor (born 1759 in Sweden, 1759) * - Anna Brita Wendelius, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Utile Dulci (born 1741 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Magdalena Gardelius
Sophia Magdalena Gardelius (1804-1881) was a Swedish damaskweaver. She is regarded as a pioneer within the damask weaving technique of Gotland. She married a farmer of Roma parish of Gotland in 1822. When her spouse was ruined, they moved to her parents, and she began to weave and sell damask to support the family. In 1832, she advertised that she manufactured damask for commission and accepted pupils in the art. The art of weaving damask was then new and popular. Gardelius composed her own patterns by mathematic measurements, and her weaving stools were constructed to adjust to her needs to handle a thousand patterns. Her weaving school and workshop was very successful, she became famous in contemporary Sweden and her clients included the queen, Josephine of Leuchtenberg Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876), also Josefina, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1801 In Sweden
Events from the year 1801 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy is occupied by Great Britain. * Carl Gustaf af Leopold publishes the '' Afhandling om svenska stafsättet'' * The Second League of Armed Neutrality, an alliance of Denmark–Norway, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia dissolves. * Foundation of the ''Djurgårdsteatern'' in Stockholm, the only theater except the Royal Dramatic Theater allowed to function in the capital during the 1798–1842 royal theater monopoly.Nordensvan, Georg. Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar; Första bandet, 1772-1842 (in Swedish) Births * 22 January – Lars Johan Hierta, newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician (died 1872) * 1 February – Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer (died 1878) * 24 March – Immanuel Nobel, engineer, architect, inventor and industrialist (died 1872) * 9 May – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovisa Åhrberg
Maria ''Lovisa'' Åhrberg or ''Årberg'' (17 May 1801 – 26 March 1881) was a Swedish surgeon and doctor. She was lawfully practicing surgeon long before it became formally permitted for women to study medicine at a university in 1870. Lovisa Åhrberg could be regarded as the first female physician in Sweden with formal permit from the authorities to practice medicine: however, she had no formal training, and the first woman physician with a university degree was to be Karolina Widerström. Biography Lovisa Åhrberg was born in Uppsala in Uppland as the daughter of Erik Årberg, a caretaker of the Uppsala University, and the cunning woman Britta Maria Upgren. Her grandmother had also reportedly been an active practitioner of "folk medicine" and nursing. In the early 19th-century, nurses were merely uneducated helpers to the doctors. During her childhood, Lovisa accompanied her mother to hospitals as well as visits to the houses of sick people. She was never formally a student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Åsbrink
Karl Gösta Åsbrink (18 November 1881 – 19 April 1966) was a Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete who won a gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Åsbrink's 1908 gold medal was won in London for a team event, as the Swedish men's gymnastics team came in first. Four years later, competing before a home audience in 1912 Stockholm, he won an individual silver medal in the first contested Modern pentathlon of the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s .... Åsbrink was a lieutenant of the Swedish Army at the time and was later promoted to major.Gösta Åsbrink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In Sweden
Events from the year 1979 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Ola Ullsten, Thorbjörn Fälldin Events * 23 February – The comedy film ''Repmånad'', directed by Lasse Åberg, was released in Sweden. *23 April – the ABBA album ''Voulez-Vous'' released. *1 July – Sveriges Television is separated from Sveriges Radio. *16 September – The 1979 Swedish general election is held. *12 October – Ola Ullsten resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, and is replaced with Thorbjörn Fälldin. *Date unknown – 1979 Star World Championships (sailing regatta) are held in Marstrand. Music *Date unknown – Sun Cats Swedish rock & roll band is founded. Film Births * 8 January – Hanna Ljungberg, international footballer * 9 January – Markus Larsson, alpine skier * 10 January – Henrik Tallinder, ice hockey player * 18 January – Andreas Tegström, footballer * 29 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Stephens
Florence Elisabet Stephens (5 October 1881 – 2 April 1979) was a wealthy Swedish landowner, known as ''Fröken på Huseby'' ("the Lady of Huseby") for her estate at Huseby. She was the main figure in the Huseby Affair (, "Huseby scandal"), one of the most prominent court cases in Sweden during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Life Born in , Kronoberg County, Florence Stephens was the eldest of three daughters of the landowner and politician Joseph Stephens (1841–1934) by his marriage to Elisabeth Kreüger; her paternal grandfather, George Stephens (1813–1895), was an English academic, originally from Liverpool. Stephens and her sisters Mary and Maggie were educated by a governess, and although she had a good education in languages and was well read, she had no formal education in management or economics. She never married; she ran the household after her mother's death in 1911 and acted as her father's assistant and representative for three decades, and in the 1920s and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Hübner Von Holst
Johan Hübner von Holst (22 August 1881 – 13 June 1945) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1906, he won the silver medal in the 30 metre duelling pistol event. He also participated in the following events: * 25 m rapid fire pistol – fifth place * 50 m pistol – tenth place * 20 m duelling pistol – 19th place * 25 m army pistol (standard model) – 21st place * Free rifle, free position – 25th place * 300 m army rifle – 26th place Two years later, he was a member of the Swedish team, which won the silver medal in the team small-bore rifle competition. He also participated in the following events: * Team pistol – fifth place * disappearing target small-bore rifle – 15th place * moving target small-bore rifle – 15th place * stationary target small-bore rifle – 18th place * individual pistol – 27th place At the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Andersson (tug Of War)
Arvid Leander Andersson (9 July 1881 – 7 August 1956) was a Swedish policeman. He was the captain of the Swedish tug of war team that won the gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he .... References External links * * 1881 births 1956 deaths People from Strängnäs Municipality Tug of war competitors at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic tug of war competitors for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in tug of war Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{tugofwar-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
