1807 in Sweden

Events from the year 1807 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

• January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania.
• - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen.
• - The land reform Enskiftet is enforced in all Sweden (with Finland), which signified the end of traditional village life.
• - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.

Births

• 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864)
• 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877)
• 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844)
• 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892)
• Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869)
• Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893)

Deaths

• - Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (born 1759)

References