1861 in Sweden

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Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	Other events of 1861 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1861 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XV

Events

• A decision is taken to construct Strandvägen in Stockholm. ^[1]
• The inauguration of the women teachers' training college Högre lärarinneseminariet , the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden.
• The dentist profession is opened to women. ^[2]
• Danviken Hospital is closed.
• March - The king grants the con artist Helga de la Brache an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400 Swedish riksdaler a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869). ^[3]

Births

• 5 January - Anna Pettersson, lawyer (died 1929)
• 2 June - Concordia Selander, actress and theater manager (died 1935)
• 24 April - Hedda Andersson, second female doctor in Sweden (died 1950)
• 14 May - Valborg Olander, politician (died 1943)
• 29 October - Karolina Olsson, hibernator (died 1950)
• 11 November - Elsa Eschelsson, first female doctor of Laws (died 1911)

Deaths

• 17 January - Malla Silfverstolpe, salonnière (born 1782)
• 21 February - Lars Levi Læstadius, Sami writer
• 6 March - Carl Henrik Cantzler, Stockholm grosshandlare and tobacco manufacturer ^[4]
• 8 April - Johan Henrik Munktell, industrialist and pianist ^[5]
• 9 June - Count Carl Axel Löwenhielm, diplomat, army officer, and member of the Council of State ^[6]
• 30 September - Per August Flensburg, Malmö businessman and manufacturer ^[7]

References

1. Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. ISBN   91-522-1810-4.
2. Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare (Swedish women: predecessors, successors) Lund: Signum 1990. ( ISBN   91-87896-03-6) (Swedish)
3. Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1931
4. "Carl Henrik Cantzler - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
5. "J Henrik Munktell - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
6. "Carl A Löwenhielm - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
7. "P August Flensburg - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2025-08-16.