1861 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1861 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- A decision is taken to construct Strandvägen in Stockholm.[1]
- The inauguration of the women teachers' training college Högre lärarinneseminariet, the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden.
- The dentist profession is opened to women.[2]
- Danviken Hospital is closed.
- March - The king grants the con artist Helga de la Brache an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400 Swedish riksdaler a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869).[3]
Births
- 5 January - Anna Pettersson, lawyer (died 1929)
- 2 June - Concordia Selander, actress and theater manager (died 1935)
- 24 April - Hedda Andersson, second female doctor in Sweden (died 1950)
- 14 May - Valborg Olander, politician (died 1943)
- 29 October - Karolina Olsson, hibernator (died 1950)
- 11 November - Elsa Eschelsson, first female doctor of Laws (died 1911)
Deaths
- 17 January - Malla Silfverstolpe, salonnière (born 1782)
- 21 February - Lars Levi Læstadius, Sami writer
- 6 March - Carl Henrik Cantzler, Stockholm grosshandlare and tobacco manufacturer[4]
- 8 April - Johan Henrik Munktell, industrialist and pianist[5]
- 9 June - Count Carl Axel Löwenhielm, diplomat, army officer, and member of the Council of State[6]
- 30 September - Per August Flensburg, Malmö businessman and manufacturer[7]
References
- ^ Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. ISBN 91-522-1810-4.
- ^ Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare (Swedish women: predecessors, successors) Lund: Signum 1990. (ISBN 91-87896-03-6) (Swedish)
- ^ Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1931
- ^ "Carl Henrik Cantzler - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "J Henrik Munktell - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "Carl A Löwenhielm - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "P August Flensburg - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.