1883 in Sweden

Events from the year 1883 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Arvid Posse, Carl Johan Thyselius

Events

• 13 June - Carl Johan Thyselius assumed the position of Prime Minister of Sweden succeeding Arvid Posse. He was the first Swedish Prime Minister who was not a noble man. (source: Swedish national enclyclopedia)
• 3 August: Amusement park Gröna Lund on the island of DjurgÃ¥rden in Stockholm is inaugurated.

• - Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society is founded. It becomes one of the world's oldest peace organizations. (source: Svenska Freds official website)
• - Ellen Fries becomes the first female Ph.D holder.
• - Katarina Elevator, connecting Slussen with Sodermalm, becomes a prominent land mark.
• - IS Lyckans Soldater and Stockholm University Student Union were founded in the same year.
• - Swedish Chemical Society is founded to promote Chemistry in Sweden.

Births

• 17 November – Erik Granfelt, gymnast (died 1962).
• 6 December – Anders Hylander, gymnast (died 1967).
• 23 December – Hjalmar Cedercrona, gymnast (died 1969).

Deaths

• 6 March - Cecilia Fryxell, educator (born 1806)

References