1882 in Sweden

Events from the year 1882 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Arvid Posse

Events

• Foundation of the Gefle IF.
• The Salvation Army is introduced in Sweden by Hanna Ouchterlony.
• Closure of the Rossander Course.

Births

• 7 January – Humbert Lundén, sailor (died 1961).
• 16 May – Elin Wägner, writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist: member of the Swedish Academy (died 1949).
• 25 May – Filip Ericsson, sailor (died 1951).
• 9 July – Gustaf Kilman, horse rider (died 1946).
• 17 July – Oswald Holmberg, gymnast (died 1969).
• 14 August – Elin Brandell, journalist (died 1963).
• 2 September – Paul Isberg, sailor (died 1953).
• 12 September – Sven Forssman, gymnast (died 1919).
• 11 November – Gustaf VI Adolf, king (died 1973).

Deaths

• 1 April - Betty Deland, actress (born 1831)
• 11 November – Charlotta Almlöf, actress (died 1813)
• - Malla Höök, actress and courtesan (born 1811)
• - Anna Elisabeth Hartwick, lace industrialist (born 1796)

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