1871 in Sweden

Events from the year 1871 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XV

Events Poor Care Regulation of 1871 replace the Poor Care Regulation of 1847. July – Handelsbanken is established in Stockholm. Stockholm Central Station is inaugurated.Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. . Geologiska föreningen is founded.

Births 7 February – Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer (died 1927) 14 February - Gerda Lundequist, actress (died 1959) 15 February – John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born American co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain (d. 1963) 12 March – Oscar Hedström, co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, makers of the Indian Motocycle (died 1960)

Deaths 25 February - Anna Sofia Sevelin, opera singer (born 1790) 30 March - Louise of the Netherlands, queen consort (born 1828) - Anna Sundström, chemist (born 1785) - Emma Fürstenhoff, florist (born 1802)

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