1857 in Sweden

Events from the year 1857 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar I

Events

• 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau.
• 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden.
• 6 October - Establishment of Swedish consulate in Bombay, India (now Mumbai)
• A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.
• An interim Swedish-Norwegian government is formed in Stockholm due to the King's deteriorating health.
• Significant repercussions on imported goods following the 1857 Financial Crisis.
• The artist Johan Fredrik Höckert's painting Det inre af en lappkÃ¥ta received a special honourable mention at the Paris Salon. The artwork was acquired by the Swedish Government to display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm.
• Several protests for higher pay in Sweden's iron and steel factories.
• Devastating fire in the Mosebacke area in Stockholm leads to significant damage to property.

Births

• 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist (died 1935)
• 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (died 1947)
• 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician (died 1943)
• Amanda Horney, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died 1953)

Deaths

• 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright (born 1825)
• - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (born 1792)

References