1812 in Sweden

Events from the year 1812 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIII

Events

• 23 February - Elise Frösslind, makes her breakthrough in the success of Cendrillon by Charles Etienne on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. ^[1]
• 24 March - Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1812).
• 30 May - The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. ^[2]
• 8 July - Treaty of Örebro.
• - Inauguration of Askersunds flickskola in Askersund.
• - A new law permit forced examination of any one suspected of carrying sexual transmitted disease. ^[3]
• - Sorgespelet Prins Gustaf , by Lorenzo Hammarsköld
• - Flyttfåglarna , by Esaias Tegnér

Births

• 22 February - Emily Nonnen, writer (died 1905)
• 20 April - Maria Paulina Åhman, harpist, the first female instrumentalist in the royal chapel (died 1904)
• 29 April - Emilie Högqvist, actress (died 1846)
• 19 May - Herman Sätherberg, poet and physician (died 1892)
• 30 June - Josabeth Sjöberg, artist (died 1882)
• 29 October – Louise Granberg, playwright, translator and theatre director (died 1907) ^[4]
• 4 November-Abraham Fornander, journalist, judge, and ethnologist (died 1887)
• Carolina Lindström, milliner (died 1892)
• 4 May - Amalia Redec, pianist and composer (died 1885)

Deaths

• Hedda Piper, courtier (born 1746)

References

1. Kungliga operans verksamhet under grefve Skjöldebrands styrelse ur Nils Personne, Svenska teatern (del 3, 1915), sid. 44–60.
2. Kungliga operans verksamhet under grefve Skjöldebrands styrelse ur Nils Personne, Svenska teatern (del 3, 1915), sid. 44–60.
3. Svanström, Yvonne, Offentliga kvinnor: prostitution i Sverige 1812–1918 [Public Women: Prostitution in Sweden 1812-1918], Ordfront, Stockholm, 2006 (Swedish)
4. "Litteraturbanken | Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub". litteraturbanken.se. Retrieved 2 April 2020.