1855 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 January - The Telegraphynet between the most important cities in Sweden are completed.
- 1 July - The first Swedish Postage stamp.
- 4 May - Kyrkoplikt as well as all remaining forms of Public humiliation and Corporal punishments are abolished.[1]
- - The Great Awakening established in Sweden.
- - Inauguration of the Gothenburg Synagogue.
- - Lea Ahlborn is appointed royal printmaker, which formally makes her the first female civil servant in Sweden.[2]
- - Frederique Hammarstedt takes over the Hammarstedtska skolan.
- - KFUM Jönköping
- - Klosterskolan (Uppsala), the first training college for female teachers, is founded.
- - Svenska lärarinnors pensionsförening (The Society for Retired Female Teachers) is founded by initiative of Josefina Deland.
- - A reform abolishes the use of Pillory and the Pranger, by then already in practice outdated and seldom used.
Births
- 25 April â Hjalmar Lundbohm, geologist and chemist (died 1926)
- 10 June - Hilma Angered Strandberg, writer (died 1927)
- 19 November - Anna Branting, journalist and writer (died 1950)
- 23 September - Ellen Fries, writer (died 1900)
- 7 December - Gunhild Rosén, ballerina and ballet master (died 1928)
Deaths
- 25 January â Carolina Brunström, ballerina (born 1803)
- 15 February - Emilia Uggla, pianist (born 1819)
- 7 May â Wendela Gustafva Sparre, textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (born 1772)
- 27 August â Hans Olov Holmström, bishop (born 1784)
- - Marie Antoinette Petersén, violinist (born 1771)
