Events from the year 1868 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 19 September - inauguration of Dalsland Canal.
- 1 November - Folk high school introduced in Sweden.
- Bladin's International School
- United Methodist Church of Sweden[2]
Births
- January 19 - Ebba Atterbom, translator and educator (died 1961)
- February 23 - Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Cabaret singer and movie director (died 1947)
- April 7 - Herman Bernhard Lundborg, physician and a race biologist. (died 1943)
- April 25 - Ernst Linder, army general who served in the Swedish Army from 1887 to 1918 (died 1943)
- June 29 - Gustaf Nordenskiöld, scholar who was the first to scientifically study the ancient Pueblo ruins in Mesa Verde. (died 1895)
- July 24 - Axel Elof Jäderholm, zoologist and botanist (died 1927)
- September 6 - Axel Hägerström, philosopher (died 1939)
- November 15 - Josef Hammar, military surgeon and adventurer (died 1927)
- October 18 - Ernst Didring, leader of the Swedish Red Cross for prisoners of the war between 1915 and 1920. (died 1931)
- December 12 - Axel Petersson Döderhultarn, one of the recognized masters of wood carving (died 1925)
- December 22 - Gustaf Fjæstad, Swedish painter (died 1948)
Deaths
- 3 April - Franz Berwald, composer (born 1796)[3]
- Sofia Ahlbom, artist (born 1803)
- Maria Fredrica von Stedingk, composer (born 1799)
References
- ^ "Charles XV - king of Sweden and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Abraham, William J.; Kirby, James E. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 95. ISBN 9780199212996.
- ^ "Franz Berwald - Swedish composer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2018.