1889 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 |
Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s |
Years: | 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 |
Events from the year 1889 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch – Oscar II
- Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm
Events

Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of Prime Minister.
- 12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister
- - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden.
- - The Yngsjö murder.
- - The Selander Company is founded.
- - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden
- - First issue of the Stockholms-Tidningen
- - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities.
- - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded.
- - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions.[1]
- - Foundation of the Sophiahemmet hospital in Stockholm.
Births
- 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962).[2]
- 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968).[3]
- 18 December - Alice Habsburg
Deaths
- 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822)
- - Sophia Wilkens, pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability (born 1817)
- - Amalia Assur, first female dentist (born 1803)
gollark: You haven't heard of Karl Gruen?
gollark: This would only be better if workers would be allowed to decide between themselves to work, and by means of political means they would have a higher power. The chief representative and classical type of this tendency is Mr Karl Gruen. In particular, it may be seen that at work it is not possible to produce more workers and more people, if this is the case. Bourgeois Socialism attains adequate expression when, and only when, it becomes a mere figureof speech. It is an attitude which allows the individual to express his own mind without any kind of form of communication, but can be regarded as a mere expression of the mind.
gollark: If I post a large wall of text, it is *generally* copied off the internet.
gollark: Heav.
gollark: In some sense.
References
- Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- "Bo Kullberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- "Carl Bertilsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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