1873 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- Foundation of the first women's rights organization in Sweden, the Married Woman's Property Rights Association.[1]
- 5 May - The Scandinavian Monetary Union is founded. Swedish krona becomes the currency, replacing the riksdaler, in the effort to create a central, trans-national currency in Scandinavia.[2]
- The Dämman lighthouse is constructed.[3]
Births
- 10 April â Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (died 1915)
- 3 June â Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (died 1958)
- 13 June â Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director (died 1942)
- 15 September â Ellen Hagen, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (died 1967)
Deaths
- 4 March â Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, royalty (born 1831)
- 27 March â Fanny Westerdahl, stage actress (born 1817)
- 31 March â Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami (died 1835)
- 20 May â Fredrica Ehrenborg, writer (born 1794)
- 16 January â Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1801)
