• Source: 1884 in Sweden

      • Events from the year 1884 in Sweden


      Incumbents


      Monarch – Oscar II
      Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander


      Events


      - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
      - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
      - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
      - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
      - The toy company Brio is founded.
      - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
      - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
      - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
      Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act


      Births



      7 January – Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935)
      29 January – Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)
      9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).
      11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974)
      31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).
      2 April – Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965)
      11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter (died 1963)
      17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965)
      25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).
      30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971)
      1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947)
      4 July – Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).
      30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944)


      Deaths


      2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818)
      22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809)
      Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798)
      Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836)


      References

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