1865 in Sweden

Events from the year 1865 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• Inauguration of the Botaniska trädgÃ¥rden (Lund)
• The first issue of the Jönköpings-Posten.
• The Uppsala högre elementarläroverk för flickor is founded.
• Foundation of the Valand Academy
• The Rossander Courses for women starts in Stockholm.

Births

• 26 January – Axel Wallengren, author, poet and journalist (died 1896)
• 19 February – Sven Hedin, geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator (died 1952)
• 1 March – Elma Danielsson, Social Democrat, journalist and feminist (died 1936)
• 13 April – Lucie Lagerbielke, writer and painter (died 1931).
• 28 August – Hanna Lindberg, milliner, politician, feminist (died 1951)
• 11 December – Frida Stéenhoff, writer and women's rights activist (died 1945)
• Anna von Zweigbergk, reporter (died 1952)

Deaths

• Helena Larsdotter Westerlund, educator (born 1799)
• 20 November – Anders Lindbäck, vicar and serial killer (born 1803)
• 31 December – Fredrika Bremer, writer (born 1801)

References