1851 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1851 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 11 June – The radical author Carl Jonas Love Almqvist flees to the USA.
- 30 September – HSwMS Eugenie leaves from Karlskrona, Sweden to begin its voyage as the first Swedish Royal Navy vessel to circumnavigate the world.
- The hospital Ersta diakoni is built in Stockholm by Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess) as the leader of the first deaconesses in Sweden.[1] There Cederschiöld establishes the first formal nursing programme in Sweden.
- Inauguration of the Södra Teatern in Stockholm.
- The Stockholm Exhibition takes place at Arvfurstens palats.
- The last major outbreak of dysentery begins, going on to kill 26,000 people.[2]
- Aron Samson and Erik W. Wallin found the bookshop Nordiska Bokhandeln as Samson & Wallins bokhandel. It goes on to be the largest in Stockholm.[3]
Births
- 16 April – Ernst Josephson, painter (died 1906)
- 28 May – Anna Wåhlin, artist (died 1924)
- 10 August – Frigga Carlberg, suffragette (died 1925)
- 13 October – Knut Beckeman, architect (died 1943)
- 31 October – Louise of Sweden, Crown Princess and Queen of Denmark (died 1926)
- 4 November – Märta Eketrä, courtier and royal favorite (died 1894)
Deaths
- 7 January – Adolf Gustaf Tamm, metallurgist (born 1805)
- 15 January – Jöns Svanberg, clergyman and natural scientist (born 1771)
- 4 February – Jacob Borelius, dean, academic, and father of Johan Jakob (born 1772)
- 9 February – William Thorburn, tea trader (born 1780)[4]
- 12 March – Johanna Hård, pirate (born 1789)
- 12 March – Johan Fredrik Sacklén, physician and author (born 1763)
- 22 March – Göran Wahlenberg, naturalist (born 1780)
- 24 March – Nils Jacob Anjou, priest and academic (born 1781)
- 5 April – Anders Carlsson of Kullberg, Church of Sweden bishop and member of the Swedish Academy (born 1771)
- 6 April – Carl Edvard Bladh, travel writer (born 1790)[5]
- 13 April – Gustaf Möllenborg, silversmith (born 1796)
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Elisabeth Louise Schneijtz, ballerina (1767-1851) - 21 May – Lazarus Elias Magnus, industrialist and founder of the first factory to produce Swedish-made cigars (born 1770)
- 23 May – Eric Jacob Arrhén von Kapfelmann, composer (born 1790)
- 23 June – Johan Gabriel Pettersson, watchmaker and artist (born 1788)
- 26 August – Per Erik Sevelin, actor and ballet dancer (born 1791)
- 19 September – Carl Fredrik of Wingård, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden (born 1781)
- 21 September – Johannes Hallberg, consul and merchant (born 1799)
- 22 September – Anders Julius Appeltofft, founder of Krönleins Brewery (born 1800)
- 6 October – Carl Fredrik Lorichs, military man (born 1780)
- 8 November – Johan Samuel Billing, physician and veterinarian (born 1795)[6]
- 2 December – Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe, composer (born 1769)
Undated
- Gustafva Björklund, cookery book-author and restaurant owner (born 1794)
- Gustafva Lindskog, athlete (born 1794)
- Elisabeth Louise Schneijtz, ballerina (born 1767)
- Anna Maria Thalén, milliner (born 1781)
Publications
- Hans Christian Andersen's volume of travel sketches I Sverige ('In Sweden')[7]
- Emilie Flygare-Carlén's novel Förmyndaren ('The Guardian')
- Marie Sophie Schwartz's novella Förtalet ('The Slander')
References
- ↑ A Maria Cederschiöld, urn:sbl:14717, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av O. Centerwall.), hämtad 2015-03-10.
- ↑ "Swedish History - Hans Högman". www.hhogman.se. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ Hemstad, Ruth; Rasmussen, Terje (2025-10-30). Nordic Transatlantic Crossings: Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-040-75464-1.
- ↑ "Scots in Sweden - Nineteenth Century". electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ "Carl Edvard Bladh - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ "Johan Samuel Billing - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ Andersen, H. C. (1851). "Pictures of Sweden". runeberg.org. Retrieved 2026-06-09.