1889 in Sweden

Events from the year 1889 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm

Events

12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden. - The Yngsjö murder. - The Selander Company is founded. - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden - First issue of the Stockholms-Tidningen - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities. - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded. - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions.Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish) - Foundation of the Sophiahemmet hospital in Stockholm.

Births 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962). 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968). 18 December - Alice Habsburg

Deaths 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822) - Sophia Wilkens, pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability (born 1817) - Amalia Assur, first female dentist (born 1803)

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