1884 in Sweden

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File:Strindberg's reception in Stockholm 20-10-1884.jpg reception on his return to Stockholm on 20 October 1884 to face charges of blasphemy arising from a story in the first volume of his collection Getting Married.]]

Events from the year 1884 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch – Oscar II
Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander

Events

- The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
- The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
- May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
- First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
- The toy company Brio is founded.
- First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
- The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
- The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act{{Cite book |title=An economic history of modern Sweden|last=Schön |first=Lennart |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415671309 |location=London |oclc=690089901}}

Births

File:1912 Gösta Lilliehöök.JPG, Olympic champion in 1912.]]

7 January – Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian (died 1935){{Citation |last=Makko |first=Aryo |title=Disillusionment and Years of Conflict, 1884–1905 |date=2019-11-28 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004414389/BP000004.xml |work=European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire |pages=100–189 |access-date=2023-11-21 |publisher=Brill Nijhoff |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-41438-9}}
29 January – Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister (died 1964)[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=6346 Rickard J Sandler] {{inlang|sv}}
9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).{{cite web|title=Carl Holmberg |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/carl-holmberg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204511/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/carl-holmberg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=16 October 2014}}
11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter (died 1974){{Cite web |title=DEN SMALA VÄGEN - the life of Lewi Pethrus |url=http://densmalavagen.webblogg.se/2007/november/the-life-of-lewi-pethrus.html |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=densmalavagen.webblogg.se}}
31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).{{cite web|title=Axel Ljung |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/axel-ljung-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/axel-ljung-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=16 October 2014}}
2 April – Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (died 1965){{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Gösta Adrian-Nilsson |url=https://www.bukowskis.com/sv/bukipedia/11633-gosta-adrian-nilsson |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=Bukowskis |language=sv}}
11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter (died 1963){{Cite web |title=Otto von Rosen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44296 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=1 July 2024}}
17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (died 1965){{Cite web |title=Prince Wilhelm |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/english/royal-house/the-bernadotte-dynasty/prince-wilhelm |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=www.kungahuset.se |language=en}}
25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).{{cite web|title=Gösta Lilliehöök |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gosta-lilliehook-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gosta-lilliehook-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=16 October 2014}}
30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist (died 1971){{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1926/svedberg/facts/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor (died 1947){{Rotten Tomatoes|qid=Q6230513|title=Sigurd Wallén}}
4 July – Gustaf Malmström, wrestler (died 1970).[https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/g/gustav-malmstrom.html Gustaf Malmström] {{in lang|sv}}
30 November – Ture Rangström, composer (died 1944){{Cite web |date=1884-10-24 |title=Emil Fjellström - SFdb |url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/Item/?type=person&itemid=57876 |access-date=2023-11-21 |language=sv}}

Deaths

2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina (born 1818)
22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (born 1809)
Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (born 1798)
Therese Kamph, educational reformer (born 1836)

References

Category:Years of the 19th century in Sweden