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1888 in Sweden
Events from the year
1888 in
Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch
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Oscar II
Prime Minister
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Robert Themptander
,
Gillis Bildt
Events
6 February –
Gillis Bildt
assumed the position of prime minister
25 June – The
UmeÃÂ¥ city fire
destroyed most of the city of
UmeÃÂ¥
30 September –
Elizabeth Stride
is murdered in
Whitechapel
in London.
The
Iron Ore Line
is opened.
The trade union
Swedish Metalworkers' Union
is formed.
The
mursmäcka
s launched a strike in Stockholm to raise their salary. This attracted a great deal of attention because of their gender, and the newspapers called it The Women's Strike.
The
Women's Worker's Club
, the first political club for women in Sweden, is founded by
Elma Danielsson
in Malmö.
The temperance activist
Emilie Rathou
became the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech.
The
Fotografiska Föreningen
(Photographic Society) is founded: the first woman, Anna Hwass, is made a member of the board.
The morganatic marriage between
Prince Oscar
and
Ebba Munck
cause a scandal.
1888 Sundsvall fire
Births
26 January -
Lisa Steier
, ballerina and ballet master (died 1928).
18 March –
Axel Janse
, gymnast (died 1973).
26 March –
Elsa Brändström
, nurse and philanthropist (died 1948)
14 December –
ÃÂ ke Lundeberg
, sport shooter (died 1939).
18 December –
Mauritz Eriksson
, sport shooter (died 1947).
Deaths
21 July –
Victoria Benedictsson
, writer (born 1850)
7 February –
Aurore von Haxthausen
, composer (born 1830)
References