Events from the year 1864 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Charles XV
Events
The Skandinaviska Banken founded. The newspaper Dagens Nyheter begins its publication. June 18 – The Decree of Extended Freedom of Trade introduce complete freedom of trade in Sweden: unmarried women are granted the same rights within trade and commerce as men.Mansdominans i förändring, om ledningsgrupper och styrelser: betänkande by Sverige Utredningen om kvinnor på ledande poster i näringslivet (SOU 2003:16). Stockholm: Edita Norstedts Tryckeri AB. 2003. . Husbands are forbidden to abuse their wives.Palmquist, Christer; Widberg, Hans Kristian (2004). Millenium Samhällskunskap A (in Swedish). Bonniers. p. 317. . The gymnastics profession is open to women.Axianne Thorstenson (1918), Kvinnornas Stallning Inom Yrkena (PDF), Trykeri-A.-B. Ferm Queen Louise and Princess Louise take lessons in ice skating from the pioneer Nancy Edberg, making ice skating socially acceptable for females.Idun (1890): Nr 15 (121) Bertha Valerius appointed official photographer of the royal court. Women students are admitted as students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts without having to apply for a dispensation.Österberg, Carin: Svenska kvinnor; Föregångare Nyskapare (Swedish women; Predecessors, pioneers) Signum, Lund (1990) (Swedish) Foundation of the Statens normalskola för flickor. The famous trip of the Sami Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter to Stockholm.
Births
20 January – Mathilda Malling, novelist (died 1942). 12 March – Alice Tegnér, composer (died 1943). 25 June – Ola Hanson, missionary (died 1927). 20 July – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (died 1931). 27 November – Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (died 1951). 3 December – Anna Boberg, artist (died 1935). 17 December – Felix Körling, composer (died 1937). 18 December – Per-Olof Arvidsson, sport shooter (died 1947).
Deaths 2 January – Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist and politician (born 1784). 25 January – Simon Marcus Larson, artist (born 1825). 2 March – Brita Catharina Lidbeck, singer (born 1788). 28 May – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (born 1807). 4 November – Lotten Wennberg, philanthropist (born 1815). 1864 – Wendla Åberg, dancer and actress (born 1791).
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