1888 in Sweden

none November 2023 1888 Sweden Template:Year in Sweden: Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg 90px Other events of 1888 Timeline of Swedish history thumb|Sundsvall fire 1888 thumb Events from the year 1888 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Robert Themptander, Gillis Bildt Events thumb | left|100 px |Gillis Bildt assumed the position of Prime Minister. 6 February – Gillis Bildt assumed the position of prime minister 25 June – The Umeå city fire destroyed most of the city of Umeå 30 September – Elizabeth Stride is murdered in Whitechapel in London. The Iron Ore Line is opened. The trade union Swedish Metalworkers' Union is formed. The mursmäckas launched a strike in Stockholm to raise their salary. This attracted a great deal of attention because of their gender, and the newspapers called it The Women's Strike.Margareta Ståhl m.fl.: Strejker och strejkvisor 1873–1909, Arkivet för Folkets historia, 1974. The Women's Worker's Club, the first political club for women in Sweden, is founded by Elma Danielsson in Malmö. The temperance activist Emilie Rathou became the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech.Emilie Rathou, urn:sbl:7563, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Hjördis Levin), hämtad 2015-05-30. The Fotografiska Föreningen (Photographic Society) is founded: the first woman, Anna Hwass, is made a member of the board.Dahlman, Eva: Kvinnliga pionjärer, osynliga i fotohistorien The morganatic marriage between Prince Oscar and Ebba Munck cause a scandal. 1888 Sundsvall fire Births thumb |right |100 px|Åke Lundeberg won two gold and one silver medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 26 January - Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (died 1928). 18 March – Axel Janse, gymnast (died 1973).Axel Janse https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/axel-janse-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/axel-janse-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 26 March – Elsa Brändström, nurse and philanthropist (died 1948) 14 December – Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (died 1939).Åke Lundeberg https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/ake-lundeberg-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/ake-lundeberg-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 November 2014 18 December – Mauritz Eriksson, sport shooter (died 1947).Mauritz Eriksson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/mauritz-eriksson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/mauritz-eriksson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 Deaths 21 July – Victoria Benedictsson, writer (born 1850) 7 February – Aurore von Haxthausen, composer (born 1830) References 1888 Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden Sweden