1879 in Sweden

Events from the year 1879 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Louis Gerhard De Geer

Events

- The Gothenburg tram network began operation. - The first issue of the Karlstads-Tidningen. - The Sabbatsberg Hospital is founded. - The first national Flickskolemöte (Girl School Meeting) to reform female education is summoned by Hilda Caselli.Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN

Births

13 April – Johan Petter Åhlén, businessman and Olympic medalist (d. 1939) 26 June – Gustaf Adolf Jonsson, sport shooter (died 1949). 14 August – Bernhard Larsson, sport shooter (died 1947). 20 August – Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (died 1962). 10 December – Hanna Grönvall, politician and trade union worker (died 1953)

Deaths

3 January - Anna Johansdotter Norbäck, founder and leader of the religious movement Annaniterna (born 1804) 26 February – Anna Nordlander, painter (born 1843)

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