1873 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1873 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- Foundation of the first women's rights organization in Sweden, the Married Woman's Property Rights Association.[1]
- 5 May - The Scandinavian Monetary Union is founded. Swedish krona becomes the currency, replacing the riksdaler, in the effort to create a central, trans-national currency in Scandinavia.[2]
- The Dämman lighthouse is constructed.[3]
Births
- 10 April – Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (died 1915)
- 3 June – Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (died 1958)
- 13 June – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director (died 1942)
- 15 September – Ellen Hagen, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (died 1967)
Deaths
- 4 March – Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, royalty (born 1831)
- 27 March – Fanny Westerdahl, stage actress (born 1817)
- 31 March – Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami (died 1835)
- 20 May – Fredrica Ehrenborg, writer (born 1794)
- 16 January – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1801)
References
- ^ "Kvinnofrågan" i Sveriges land och folk i Projekt Runeberg
- ^ Rongved, Gjermund Forfang (2017-09-02). "The Gold War: the dissolution of the Scandinavian Currency Union during the First World War". Scandinavian Economic History Review. 65 (3): 243–262. doi:10.1080/03585522.2017.1364292. ISSN 0358-5522.
- ^ "Leuchtturm Dämman - Dämmans fyr". www.deutsche-leuchtfeuer.de. Retrieved 2026-02-16.