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Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...
Oscar II Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...
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Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
Louis Gerhard De Geer Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång (18 July 181824 September 1896) was a Swedish statesman, lawyer and writer. He was the first Prime Minister of Sweden. Biography De Geer was born at Finspång Castle in Risinge parish, and was a member o ...


Events

* - The
Gothenburg tram network The Gothenburg tramway network () is part of the public transport system organised by Göteborgs Spårvägar, controlled by Västtrafik in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The system's approximately of single track — making it the largest ...
began operation. * - The first issue of the '' Karlstads-Tidningen''. * - The ''
Sabbatsberg Hospital Sabbatsberg Hospital () is a former hospital in central Stockholm, Sweden. Its located on , situated between Torsgatan, Vasaparken, Tegnérgatan by Barnhusbron, and Dalagatan in Vasastan. It was opened in 1879. History Based on the proposal of ...
'' is founded. * - The first national '' Flickskolemöte'' (Girl School Meeting) to reform female education is summoned by
Hilda Caselli Hilda Wilhelmina Josefina Caselli, or ''Casselli'' (1836 – 22 August 1903) was a Swedish reform educator. She played an important role in the debate of educational issues and women's education in Sweden in the late 19th century. She served as pr ...
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Births

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Johan Petter Åhlén Johan Petter Åhlén (born Andersson; 13 April 1879 – 31 March 1939) was a Swedish businessperson who founded Åhléns. He was also a Swedish curling pioneer and winner of a silver medal in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Biography Johan Petter Åh ...
, businessman and Olympic medalist (d. 1939) * 26 June –
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson (26 June 1879 – 30 April 1949) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, the 1912 and the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) an ...
, sport shooter (died 1949). * 14 August – Bernhard Larsson, sport shooter (died 1947). * 20 August –
Gustaf Lewenhaupt Carl Gustaf Sixtensson Lewenhaupt (20 August 1879 – 7 August 1962) was a Swedish Count, officer, courtier, horse rider and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Gam ...
, count, military officer and horse rider (died 1962). * 10 December – Hanna Grönvall, politician and trade union worker (died 1953)


Deaths

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Anna Johansdotter Norbäck Anna Johansdotter Norbäck (25 March 1804 – 3 January 1879), also known as ('Mother Anna') and , was a Swedish religious leader, the founder and leader of the religious movement '' Annaniterna'' ('the Annanites'), who was named after her; howe ...
, founder and leader of the religious movement '' Annaniterna'' (born
1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * February 14 – The First Serbian uprising begins th ...
) * 26 February – Anna Nordlander, painter (born
1843 Events January–March * January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China. * J ...
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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 , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
Years of the 19th century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub