1889 in Sweden
Sweden-related events during the year of 1889
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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.[1]
- - Foundation of the Sophiahemmet hospital in Stockholm.
Births
- 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962).[2]
- 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968).[3]
- 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)
References
- ^ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- ^ "Bo Kullberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Carl Bertilsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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