1864 in Sweden
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XV
Events
- The Skandinaviska Banken founded.
- The newspaper Dagens Nyheter begins its publication.
- June 18 â The Decree of Extended Freedom of Trade introduce complete freedom of trade in Sweden: unmarried women are granted the same rights within trade and commerce as men.[1]
- Husbands are forbidden to abuse their wives.[2]
- The gymnastics profession is open to women.[3]
- Queen Louise and Princess Louise take lessons in ice skating from the pioneer Nancy Edberg, making ice skating socially acceptable for females.[4]
- Bertha Valerius appointed official photographer of the royal court.
- Women students are admitted as students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts without having to apply for a dispensation.[5]
- Foundation of the Statens normalskola för flickor.
- The famous trip of the Sami Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter to Stockholm.
Births
1931
- 20 January â Mathilda Malling, novelist (died 1942).
- 12 March â Alice Tegnér, composer (died 1943).[6]
- 25 June â Ola Hanson, missionary (died 1927).
- 20 July â Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (died 1931).
- 27 November â Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (died 1951).[7]
- 3 December â Anna Boberg, artist (died 1935).
- 17 December â Felix Körling, composer (died 1937).[8]
- 18 December â Per-Olof Arvidsson, sport shooter (died 1947).[9]
Deaths
- 2 January â Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist and politician (born 1784).
- 25 January â Simon Marcus Larson, artist (born 1825).
- 2 March â Brita Catharina Lidbeck, singer (born 1788).
- 28 May â Charlotta Deland, stage actress (born 1807).
- 4 November â Lotten Wennberg, philanthropist (born 1815).
- 1864 â Wendla à berg, dancer and actress (born 1791).
