1811 in Sweden

Events from the year 1811 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIII
• Crown Prince - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

Events

• June - The peasant rebellion KlÃ¥gerupskravallerna takes place in the province of Scania.
• - The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry is founded.
• - The Crown Princess, Désirée Clary, leaves Sweden for France, where she lives estranged from her spouse until 1823.
• - The creation of the Order of Charles XIII.
• - Married businesswomen are granted the right to make decisions about their own businesses without their husband's consent.

Births

• 31 August – Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (died 1902)
• 1 September – Richard Dybeck, jurist, antiquarian, and lyricist (died 1877)
• 17 September – August Blanche, journalist, novelist, and a socialist politician (died 1868)
• Malla Höök, actress and courtesan (died 1882)

Deaths

• 5 August – Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, painter (born 1751)
• 14 September - Johanna Löfblad, Swedish actor and singer (born 1733)

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