Events from the year 1807 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf
Events
January - French occupation of Swedish Pomerania. - The first Steam engine in Sweden is constructed by Samuel Owen. - The land reform Enskiftet is enforced in all Sweden (with Finland), which signified the end of traditional village life.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996 - A reform allows anyone to establish themselves as bakers without a membership in the bakery guild with a permit form the authorities.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
Births 7 February – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (died 1864) 14 May – Charlotta Djurström, actress and theater manager (died 1877) 22 June - Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844), princess (died 1844) 8 August – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, writer (died 1892) Sophie Bolander, writer (died 1869) Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (died 1893)
Deaths
- Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (born 1759)
References