1890 in Sweden

Events from the year 1890 in Sweden

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in Sweden → 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1890 Timeline of Swedish history

Yngsjö's murderer

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm.

Events

• - The mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) founded.
• - The newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning founded.
• - KFUM Örebro
• - LKAB
• - Nordstjernan
• - Uddevalla Suffrage Association
• - Lilly Engström became the first female member of a Board of education.
• 7 August - Anna Månsdotter became the last woman in Sweden to be executed.^[1]

Births

• 7 March – Gustaf Weidel, gymnast (died 1959).^[2]
• 27 April – Karl Asplund, poet, short story writer and art historian (died 1978).^[3]
• 28 August – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (died 1974).^[4]
• 26 September – Karl Lindahl, gymnast (died 1960).^[5]
• 2 November – Moa Martinson, author (died 1964).^[6]

Deaths

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm

• 8 March - Josefina Deland, women's rights activist (born 1814)
• 8 May – Herman Schultz, astronomer (born 1823).^[7]
• 20 September – Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, landscape painter and art professor (born 1810).^[8]
• 7 October – Edvard Perséus, painter (born 1841).^[9]
• 11 November - Emilie Risberg, writer and reform pedagogue (born 1815)

References

1. "Yngsjömordet". monaper.se. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
2. "Gustaf Johnsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Karl Asplund". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
4. "Gustaf Dyrsch". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
5. "Karl Lindahl". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
6. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Springfield: Merriam-Webster. 1995. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6.
7. "Herman Schultz (1823-1890)". astro.uu.se. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
8. Linde, Brita. "Gustaf Wilhelm Palm". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
9. "Perséus, Edvard". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2021.

External links

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