1808 in Sweden

none in Sweden Events from the year 1808 in Sweden thumb|300px|Drottninggatan 1808 Incumbents Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events 21 February - Finnish War 2 May - Battle of Pulkkila 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki 27 April - Battle of Revolax 28 April - Battle of Furuholm 19–20 June - Battle of Lemo August - Jämtland Campaign of 1808 27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta 18 September - Battle of Palva Sund 26–28 September - Helsinki village landing - Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his Föreläsningar i Djurkemien. - Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later discovered, fired but decorated with a medal for bravery in battle.Cecilia af Klercker (översättning och redigering) (1942). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok VIII. P.A. Norstedt & Söners förlag. - The first school for the deaf and mute in Sweden is founded by Pär Aron Borg. Births 6 March - Sofia Adlersparre, painter (died 1862) 8 September – Wendela Hebbe, reporter, often called the first female reporter of her country (died 1899) - Emanuel Björling, mathematician (died 1872) 21 October - Maria Christina Bruhn, inventor (born 1732) 28 December - Andreas Bruce, transsexual memoir writer (died 1885) Deaths 3 January – Fredrika Eleonora von Düben, artist (born 1738) 26 February - Lovisa Simson, theater director (born 1746) 19 August - Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, shipbuilder (born 1721) 30 March – Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg, writer (born 1731) 1 October – Thomas Thorild, poet (born 1759) undated - Maria Elisabet Öberg, weaver (born 1734) References 1808 Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden