1867 in Sweden
Events from the year 1867 in SwedenIncumbents
- Monarch – Charles XV
Events
- 1 August - Inauguration of the new Uppsala University Hospital.
- The Lantmanna Party is created.
- Emmy Rappe becomes head nurse in the newly established Surgical Clinic at the Uppsala Academic Hospital, where she opened the first professional training courses for nurses in Sweden.
- The great Swedish famine of 1867-1869 spreads from Finland to Sweden, where it lasts until 1868. This is the last famine to take place in Sweden.
- The scandal of the great bankruptcy of the heiress Louise von Fersen attracts attention.
- The great Swedish emigration to the United States begun, in part caused by the great famine.
- Helsingborgs Dagblad is founded.
- Augusta Lundin open her fashion studio in Stockholm.
Births
- 26 September – Anna Paues, philologist
- 30 September – Gulli Petrini, physicist, women's right activist and politician
- 13 December – Jenny Brandt, ballerina
- Ebba De la Gardie, reporter
Deaths
- 4 January - Marianne Ehrenström, artist
- 3 October - Hedda Hjortsberg, ballerina
- Anna Göransdotter, textile artist