1873 in Sweden

Events from the year 1873 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II

Events

• Foundation of the first women's rights organization in Sweden, the Married Woman's Property Rights Association.
• 5 May - The Scandinavian Monetary Union is founded. Swedish krona becomes the currency, replacing the riksdaler, in the effort to create a central, trans-national currency in Scandinavia.
• The Dämman lighthouse is constructed.

Births

• 10 April – Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (died 1915)
• 3 June – Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (died 1958)
• 13 June – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director (died 1942)
• 15 September – Ellen Hagen, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (died 1967)

Deaths

• 4 March – Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, royalty (born 1831)
• 27 March – Fanny Westerdahl, stage actress (born 1817)
• 31 March – Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami (died 1835)
• 20 May – Fredrica Ehrenborg, writer (born 1794)
• 16 January – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1801)

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