1889 in Sweden

Events from the year 1889 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm

Events

• 12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister
• - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden.
• - The Yngsjö murder.
• - The Selander Company is founded.
• - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden
• - First issue of the Stockholms-Tidningen
• - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities.
• - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded.
• - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions.
• - Foundation of the Sophiahemmet hospital in Stockholm.

Births

• 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962).
• 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968).
• 18 December - Alice Habsburg

Deaths

• 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822)
• - Sophia Wilkens, pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability (born 1817)
• - Amalia Assur, first female dentist (born 1803)

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