1842 in Sweden

none in Sweden thumb|300px|Slussen Järnvågen Julin Events from the year 1842 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Charles XIV John Events 18 June - Compulsory Primary education for both sexes.Ett folk börjar skolan: folkskolan 150 år : 1842-1992. Stockholm: Allmänna förl. 1992. Libris 7267436. 91-38-40489-3 The Garden Society of Gothenburg is opened. The theater monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm is abolished.Nordensvan, Georg (1917). Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842. Stockholm: Bonnier. Libris 8073965 28 May - Inauguration of the Mindre teatern, the first theater to be active within the city borders of Stockholm since the introduction of the monopoly of the Royal Dramatic Theatre 44 years earlier.Nordensvan, Georg (1917). Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842. Stockholm: Bonnier. Libris 8073965 The new Starrkärr Church is inaugurated. Rosen på Tistelön by Emilie Flygare-Carlén. Qvinnan med förmyndare (Woman with Guardian) by Sophie Bolander Births 5 January - Ellen Bergman, musician and women's right activist (died 1921) 11 February – Erik Gustaf Boström, landowner and politician (died 1907) 22 July - Maria Stenkula, educator (died 1932) 17 October - Gustaf Retzius, physician and anatomist (died 1919) 9 December – Carl David af Wirsén, poet, literary critic and the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary 1884-1912 (died 1912) Maria Ribbing, schoolteacher and philanthropist (died 1910) Deaths June 2015 27 February - Kisamor, natural doctor and herbalist (died 1788) References 1842 Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden