1838 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1838 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 7 March â Jenny Lind as her breakthrough in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
- The state licensed brothels, London and Stadt Hamburg, open in the capital in an attempt by the city authorities to control the spread of sexual disease.[1]
- - Rabulist riots
- - First issue of Borås Tidning
- - First issue of Ãstgöta Correspondenten
- - Foundation of the philanthropic sewing society by Emilie Petersen.
Births
- 12 April - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (died 1901)
- 20 July â Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (died 1917)
- 14 September - Hanna Ouchterlony, Salvationist (died 1924)
- 14 September - Betty Pettersson, first female university student (died 1885)
- 9 October - Hilda Petrini, watch maker (died 1895)
- 20 November - Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm, actress and drama teacher (died 1907)
- 4 December - Hanna Winge, painter (died 1896)
Deaths
- 23 March â Michael Anckarsvärd (born 1742)
