1879 in Sweden

none November 2023 1879 Sweden Template:Year in Sweden: Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg 90px Other events of 1879 Timeline of Swedish history Events from the year 1879 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Louis Gerhard De Geer Events - The Gothenburg tram network began operation. - The first issue of the Karlstads-Tidningen. - The Sabbatsberg Hospital is founded. - The first national Flickskolemöte (Girl School Meeting) to reform female education is summoned by Hilda Caselli.Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN Births thumb |right |100 px |Count Gustaf Lewenhaupt. 13 April – Johan Petter Åhlén, businessman and Olympic medalist (d. 1939) 26 June – Gustaf Adolf Jonsson, sport shooter (died 1949).Gustaf Adolf Jonsson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/gustaf-adolf-jonsson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/gustaf-adolf-jonsson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 18 October 2014 14 August – Bernhard Larsson, sport shooter (died 1947).Bernhard Larsson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/bernhard-larsson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203846/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/bernhard-larsson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 18 October 2014 20 August – Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (died 1962).Gustaf Lewenhaupt https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/gustaf-lewenhaupt-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/gustaf-lewenhaupt-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 18 October 2014 10 December – Hanna Grönvall, politician and trade union worker (died 1953) Deaths October 2014 3 January - Anna Johansdotter Norbäck, founder and leader of the religious movement Annaniterna (born 1804) 26 February – Anna Nordlander, painter (born 1843) References 1879 Sweden Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden