Events from the year 1855 in

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Incumbents

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– Oscar I

Events

* 1 January - The

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net between the most important cities in Sweden are completed. * 1 July - The first Swedish

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. * 4 May - ''

Kyrkoplikt (literally: 'church duty') was a historical form of punishment, practiced in Sweden and Finland. It was a form of public humiliation in which the condemned was made to confess and repent of their crime before being rehabilitated and spared furth ...

'' as well as all remaining forms of

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and

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s are abolished. * - The

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established in Sweden. * - Inauguration of the Gothenburg Synagogue. * - Lea Ahlborn is appointed royal printmaker, which formally makes her the first female civil servant in Sweden.Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. () * - Frederique Hammarstedt takes over the ''

Hammarstedtska skolan Hammarstedtska skolan (Hammarstedt School), also known as Hammarstedtska flickpensionen (Hammarstedt Girl's Pension) and Hammarstedtska pensionen (Hammarstedt Pension) was a Swedish Girls' school, active for most of the 19th century in Stockholm. ...

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'' * - Klosterskolan (Uppsala), the first training college for female teachers, is founded. * - ''Svenska lärarinnors pensionsförening'' (The Society for Retired Female Teachers) is founded by initiative of Josefina Deland. * - A reform abolishes the use of

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and the

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, by then already in practice outdated and seldom used.

Births

* 25 April – Hjalmar Lundbohm, geologist and chemist (died

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

) * 10 June - Hilma Angered Strandberg, writer (died

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

) * 19 November - Anna Branting, journalist and writer (died

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

) * 23 September -

Ellen Fries Ellen Fries (23 September 1855 – 31 March 1900) was a Swedish feminist and writer. She became the first female Ph.D. in Sweden in 1883. She also founded several women's organizations. Biography She born in 1855 at Rödslegård in Törnsfal ...

, writer (died

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

) * 7 December -

Gunhild Rosén Gunhild Rosén (7 December 1855 - 1928) was a Swedish ballerina, choreographer and a ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. Gunhild Rosén was born in Norrköping, and was a student of Anders Selinder. She became a figurant dance ...

, ballerina and ballet master (died

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

)

Deaths

* 25 January – Carolina Brunström, ballerina (born 1803) * 15 February -

Emilia Uggla Emilia "Emilie" Maria Sara Sofia Uggla (24 February 1819 in Karlstad – 15 February 1855 in Upperud), was a Swedish noble classical concert pianist and concert singer. Uggla made her debut in 1830, in a public concert in Stockholm, when she was e ...

, pianist (born

1819 Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – Si ...

) * 7 May – Wendela Gustafva Sparre, textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (born

1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroli ...

) * 27 August –

Hans Olov Holmström Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

, bishop (born

1784 Events January–March * January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea. * January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Brit ...

) * -

Marie Antoinette Petersén Maria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersén née ''Crux'', (1771–1855), was a Swedish musician (violinist) and singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Marie Antoinette Petersén was born in Germany, possibly in Mannheim. I ...

, violinist (born

1771 Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing dynasty rule. * January ...

)

References

Years of the 19th century in Sweden

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