Events from the year 1867 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XV
Events 1 August - Inauguration of the new Uppsala University Hospital. The Lantmanna Party is created. Emmy Rappe becomes head nurse in the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, where she opened the first professional training courses for nurses in Sweden.Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. () The great Swedish famine of 1867-1869 spreads from Finland to Sweden, where it lasts until 1868. This is the last famine to take place in Sweden.Häger, Olle; Torell, Carl; Villius, Hans (1978). Ett satans år: Norrland 1867. Stockholm: Sveriges Radio. Libris 8358120. (inb.) The scandal of the great bankruptcy of the heiress Louise von Fersen (1816–1879) attracts attention. The great Swedish emigration to the United States begun, in part caused by the great famine.Häger, Olle; Torell, Carl; Villius, Hans (1978). Ett satans år: Norrland 1867. Stockholm: Sveriges Radio. Libris 8358120. (inb.) Helsingborgs Dagblad is founded. Augusta Lundin open her fashion studio in Stockholm.Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Gunhild Engholm), hämtad 2015-01-06.
Births 27 February – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer (died 1942) 26 September – Anna Paues, philologist (died 1945) 30 September – Gulli Petrini, physicist, women's right activist and politician (died 1941) 13 December – Jenny Brandt, ballerina (died 1933) Ebba De la Gardie, reporter (died 1928)
Deaths
4 January – Marianne Ehrenström, artist (born 1773) 3 October Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina (born 1777) Thora Thersner, artist (born 1818) Anna Göransdotter, textile artist (born 1797) Lovisa Mathilda Nettelbladt, writer (born 1814)
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