Events from the year 1874 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II
Events
27 April – Hildegard Björck becomes the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree. In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, girls' schools which meet the demands are given governmental support.Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. [Swedish Girl School in the 19th-century] Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN In accordance with the Girls' School Committee of 1866, Wallinska skolan becomes the first girls' school permitted to administer the studentexamen for its students.Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm, urn:sbl:15001, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2015-05-11. Married women granted control over their own income.Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish) The inauguration of the Grand Hôtel (Stockholm). Foundation of the Långholmen Prison Maria Stenkula opens the Malmö högre läroverk för flickor Establishment of the Prästerskapets Änke- och Pupillkassa, a retirement fund for widows of priests. Foundation of the Swedish Publicists' Association. Foundation of the Friends of Handicraft.
Births
11 February – Elsa Beskow, author and illustrator (died 1954) 13 February – Elsa Lindberg, Swedish writer and princess of Persia (died 1944) 5 July – Anna Lang, harpist (died 1920)
Deaths
11 February – Zelma Hedin, stage actress (born 1827) 23 March – Gertrud Ahlgren, cunning woman and natural healer (born 1782) 21 June – Anders Jonas Ångström physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy (born 1814) 6 November – Anders Selinder, ballet master (born 1806)
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