1868 in Sweden

Events from the year 1868 in Sweden

Decades:

Incumbents

19 September â inauguration of Dalsland Canal.
1 November â Folk high school introduced in Sweden.
Bladin's International School
United Methodist Church of Sweden^[2]
30 November â A bronze statue of King Charles XII is unveiled in Stockholm's KungstrÃ¤dgÃ¥rden park.

January 19 â Ebba Atterbom, translator and educator (died 1961)
February 23 â Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Cabaret singer and movie director (died 1947)
March 12 â Mary Karadja, writer, spiritualist and princess (died 1943).^[3]
April 7 â Herman Bernhard Lundborg, physician and a race biologist (died 1943)
April 25 â Ernst Linder, army general who served in the Swedish Army from 1887 to 1918 (died 1943)
June 29 â Gustaf NordenskiÃ¶ld, scholar who was the first to scientifically study the ancient Pueblo ruins in Mesa Verde (died 1895)
July 24 â Axel Elof JÃ¤derholm, zoologist and botanist (died 1927)
September 6 â Axel HÃ¤gerstrÃ¶m, philosopher (died 1939)
November 15 â Josef Hammar, military surgeon and adventurer (died 1927)
October 18 â Ernst Didring, leader of the Swedish Red Cross for prisoners of the war between 1915 and 1920. (died 1931)
December 12 â Axel Petersson DÃ¶derhultarn, one of the recognized masters of wood carving (died 1925)
December 22 â Gustaf FjÃ¦stad, Swedish painter (died 1948)