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1852 in Sweden
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1852 Sweden Template:Year in Sweden: Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg 90px
Other events of 1852
Timeline of Swedish history
Events from the year 1852 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Oscar I
Events
3 April – Henrik Reuterdahl is appointed the Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
thumb|315x315px|Prince Gustaf and King Oscar I pictured in 1852. Gustaf would go on to die that same year in Norway.8 May – Sweden signs the London Protocol, an international treaty that seeks to resolve Denmark's territorial integrity.
4 October – Sweden and Finland 'skip' 10 days in order to align with the spring equinox according to the Gregorian calendar.Digital Morgan 2020-07-19 Eleven Days That Disappeared https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org/2020/07/19/eleven-days-that-disappeared/ 2026-06-10 Swedish Finn Historical Society en-US
Amalia Assur becomes the first female dentist in Sweden.Kjellander Barbro: "På Amalia Assurs tid. Några anteckningar om och kring den första svenska kvinnliga tandläkaren" (The days of Amalia Assur. Some notes about and in connection to the first female dentist in Sweden)
The manufacturer Hästens is established.
Kungsportsplatsen is inaugurated.
Sophia Posse takes over the girls' school Hammarstedtska skolan.
The Factory and Handicrafts Ordinance of 1846 is amended to prohibit night work for labourers under the age of 18.Stjernstedt Georg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52732 Den svenska Arbetareskyddslagstiftningen och Yrkesinspektionen 2016-08-05 Swedish
Academic jurisdiction, formerly permitting universities to rule as courts over their students and faculty, is abolished.Blomqvist Göran 1997-06-01 State, University and Academic Freedom in Sweden: The Universities of Uppsala and Lund between 1820 and 1920 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004246928195 Minerva en 35 2 171–194 10.1023/A:1004246928195 1573-1871 subscription
Knappfors Lock in the Bergslagen Canal is completed, connecting Karlskoga and Bofors to Sjöändan.
Births
25 April – Fritz Eckert, architect (died 1920)
23 May – Mathilda Grabow, soprano opera singer (died 1940)
13 June – Anna Whitlock, social reformer and women's rights activist (died 1930)
24 November – Helena Munktell, composer (died 1919)
14 December – Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, prince (died 1854)
Deaths
thumb|236x236px|Aurora Vilhelmina Koskull (1830)19 February – Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull, politically active salonnière (born 1778)
3 April – Marie-Louise af Forsell, diarist (born 1812)
25 May – Charlotta Berger, writer (born 1784)
18 June – Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, composer (born 1827)
20 July – Gustav Åbergsson, actor (born 1775)
Undated
Ulrika Åberg, ballerina (born 1771)
Laura Bergnéhr, actress (born 1831)
Mor Kerstin i Stämmemand-Kinna, Swedish industrialist (born 1774)
Publications
Louise Brunius publishes three novels under the pseudonym L-E: Skalden och sångerskan ('The Poet and the Singer'), En mystification ('A Mystification'), and I hemmet och ute i verlden ('At Home and in the World').skbl.se - Lovisa (Louise) Brunius http://skbl.se/sv/artikel/LouiseBrunius 2026-06-10 skbl.se sv
References
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Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden