Events from the year 1857 in

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 , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Incumbents

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– Oscar I

Events

* 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and

Sophie of Nassau Sophia of Nassau (Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette; 9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913), also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II. She was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than anyone before her, and the ...

. * 12 June –

Elfrida Andrée Elfrida Andrée (19 February 1841 – 11 January 1929), was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. She was the sister of Swedish opera singer-soprano Fredrika Stenhammar. Life and career Andrée was born on 19 February 1841 in Visby to ...

becomes the first female organist in Sweden. * October 6 - Establishment of Swedish consulate in

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(now Mumbai) * A regulation of

Gamla stan Gamla Stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla Stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets ...

is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later. * An interim Swedish-Norwegian government is formed in

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due to the King's deteriorating health. * Significant repercussions on imported goods following the 1857 Financial Crisis. * The artist

Johan Fredrik Höckert Johan Fredrik Höckert (26 August 1826 – 16 September 1866) was a well-known Swedish artist from Jönköping known for his colorful, dramatic oil paintings depicting historical events. He is one of the most famous nineteenth-century painters in ...

's painting ''Det inre af en lappkåta'' received a special honourable mention at the Paris Salon. The artwork was acquired by the Swedish Government to display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. * Several protests for higher pay in Sweden's

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and

steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...

factories. * Devastating fire in the

Mosebacke Mosebacke (''Mosebacke torg'') is a square and park situated on Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. History The park's first plantings took place during 1852–1853. The square and the surrounding neighborhood of Mosebacke were created after the M ...

area in Stockholm leads to significant damage to property.

Births

* 13 March –

Hilda Sachs Hilda Gustafva Sachs (13 March 1857, Norrköping – 26 February 1935), was a Swedish journalist, translator, writer and feminist. She was the daughter of merchant Johan Gustaf Engström and Gustafva Augusta Gustafsson in Norrköping. She worke ...

, journalist and women's rights activist (died

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

) * 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (died

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

) * 27 October –

Ernst Trygger Ernst Trygger (27 October 1857 – 23 September 1943) was a Swedish jurist, professor and conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1923 to 1924. He also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1928 to 1930 in t ...

, professor and politician (died

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

) * Amanda Horney, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

)

Deaths

* 2 April -

Jeanette Granberg Johanna "Jeanette" Charlotta Granberg (19 October 1825 – 2 April 1857), also known by her married name ''Stjernström'' and by the pseudonym of ''Georges Malméen'', was a Swedish writer, a playwright, a feminist and a translator, who wrote pla ...

, playwright (born

1825 Events January–March * January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis. * February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an ...

) * -

Halta-Kajsa {{No footnotes, date=July 2024 Kajsa (Catarina) (1792, Agunnaryd - 1857), known as ''Halta-Kajsa'' (Limp-Kajsa), was a Swedish story teller and tradition bearer. She was an important co-worker and source of information of Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavall ...

, tradition bearer (born

1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * January 25 – The London Corresponding Society is founded. * February 18 – Thomas Holcrof ...

)

References

Years of the 19th century in Sweden

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