1884 in Sweden

none November 2023 1884 Sweden Template:Year in Sweden: Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg 90px Other events of 1884 Timeline of Swedish history thumb|right|250px|Newspaper illustration of Strindberg's reception on his return to Stockholm on 20 October 1884 to face charges of blasphemy arising from a story in the first volume of his collection Getting Married. Events from the year 1884 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander Events - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten. - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg. - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden. - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning - The toy company Brio is founded. - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen. - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance ActAn economic history of modern Sweden Schön Lennart 2012 Routledge 9780415671309 London 690089901 Births thumb |right |100 px|Gösta Lilliehöök, Olympic champion in 1912. 7 January – Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935)Makko Aryo Disillusionment and Years of Conflict, 1884–1905 2019-11-28 https://brill.com/display/book/9789004414389/BP000004.xml European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire 100–189 2023-11-21 Brill Nijhoff en 978-90-04-41438-9 29 January – Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)Rickard J Sandler sv 9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).Carl Holmberg https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/carl-holmberg-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204511/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/carl-holmberg-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974)DEN SMALA VÄGEN - the life of Lewi Pethrus http://densmalavagen.webblogg.se/2007/november/the-life-of-lewi-pethrus.html 2023-11-21 densmalavagen.webblogg.se 31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).Axel Ljung https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/axel-ljung-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/axel-ljung-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 2 April – Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965)2023-11-17 Gösta Adrian-Nilsson https://www.bukowskis.com/sv/bukipedia/11633-gosta-adrian-nilsson 2023-11-21 Bukowskis sv 11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter (died 1963)Otto von Rosen https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44296 Olympedia 1 July 2024 17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965)Prince Wilhelm https://www.kungahuset.se/english/royal-house/the-bernadotte-dynasty/prince-wilhelm 2023-11-21 www.kungahuset.se en 25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).Gösta Lilliehöök https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gosta-lilliehook-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gosta-lilliehook-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971)The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1926/svedberg/facts/ 2023-11-21 NobelPrize.org en-US 1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947)Q6230513 Sigurd Wallén 4 July – Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).Gustaf Malmström sv 30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944)1884-10-24 Emil Fjellström - SFdb https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/Item/?type=person&itemid=57876 2023-11-21 sv Deaths 2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818) 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809) Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798) Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836) References 1884 Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden