1884 in Sweden

Events from the year 1884 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander

Events

• - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
• - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
• - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
• - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
• - The toy company Brio is founded.
• - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
• - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
• - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
• Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act

Births

• 7 January – Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935)
• 29 January – Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)
• 9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).
• 11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974)
• 31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).
• 2 April – Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965)
• 11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter (died 1963)
• 17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965)
• 25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).
• 30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971)
• 1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947)
• 4 July – Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).
• 30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944)

Deaths

• 2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818)
• 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809)
• Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798)
• Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836)

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