1801 in Sweden
Events from the year 1801 in Sweden
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Ulrica Arfvidsson, contemporary drawing
Incumbents
Events
- The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy is occupied by Great Britain.
- Carl Gustaf af Leopold publishes the Afhandling om svenska stafsättet
- Foundation of the Djurgårdsteatern in Stockholm, the only theater except the Royal Dramatic Theater allowed to function in the capital during the 1798-1842 royal theater monopoly.[1]
Births
- 22 January – Lars Johan Hierta, newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician (died 1872)
- 1 February - Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer (died 1878)
- 24 March - Immanuel Nobel, engineer, architect, inventor and industrialist (died 1872)
- 9 May – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (died 1873)
- 17 May - Lovisa Åhrberg, herbalist doctor (died 1881)
- 21 May - Princess Sophie of Sweden, princess (died 1865)
- 26 July – Maria Röhl, portrait artist (died 1875)
- 14 August - Fredrika Bremer, writer (died 1865)
- 22 October - Carl Jacob Sundevall, zoologist (died 1875)
- 18 December – Ulrik Torsslow, actor (died 1881)
- Brita Sofia Hesselius, photographer (died 1866)
Deaths
- Ulrica Arfvidsson, fortune teller (born 1734)
References
- Nordensvan, Georg. Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar; Första bandet, 1772-1842 (in Swedish)
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