1874 in Sweden

Events from the year 1874 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II

Events

• 27 April – Hildegard Björck becomes the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree.
• In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, girls' schools which meet the demands are given governmental support.
• In accordance with the Girls' School Committee of 1866, Wallinska skolan becomes the first girls' school permitted to administer the studentexamen for its students.
• Married women granted control over their own income.
• The inauguration of the Grand Hôtel (Stockholm).
• Foundation of the LÃ¥ngholmen Prison
• Maria Stenkula opens the Malmö högre läroverk för flickor
• Establishment of the Prästerskapets Änke- och Pupillkassa, a retirement fund for widows of priests.
• Foundation of the Swedish Publicists' Association.
• Foundation of the Friends of Handicraft.

Births

• 11 February – Elsa Beskow, author and illustrator (died 1954)
• 13 February – Elsa Lindberg, Swedish writer and princess of Persia (died 1944)
• 5 July – Anna Lang, harpist (died 1920)

Deaths

• 11 February – Zelma Hedin, stage actress (born 1827)
• 23 March – Gertrud Ahlgren, cunning woman and natural healer (born 1782)
• 21 June – Anders Jonas Ångström physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy (born 1814)
• 6 November – Anders Selinder, ballet master (born 1806)

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