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1856 in Sweden
Events from the year
1856 in
Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Oscar I
Events
7 May - The
Swedish Evangelical Mission
is established.,
29 September -
Fredrika Bremer
publishes her famous novel
Hertha
, which contributes to a great debate about reform within women's rights.
15 October âÂÂ
André Oscar Wallenberg
establishes the
Stockholms Enskilda Bank
.
Date unknown âÂÂ
LuleÃÂ¥
becomes the seat of
Norrbotten County
.
Date unknown - Construction of the
Western Main Line
, the main railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, begins.
Date unknown - Revision of the
Infanticide Act (Sweden)
.
Date unknown - Inauguration of the theater
Folkan
in Stockholm.
Births
8 March -
Cecilia Milow
, author, translator, educator, campaigner and suffragette (died
1946
)
29 June -
Maria Cederschiöld
, journalist (died
1935
)
3 September -
Selma Ek
, operatic soprano (died
1941
)
10 December -
Karolina Widerström
, first female physician (died
1949
)
Anna Sterky
, union worker (died
1939
)
Augusta Andersson
, restaurant owner (died
1938
)
Deaths
-
Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten
, painter (born
1789
)
-
Charlotta ÃÂberg
, poet (born
1818
)
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