1838 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 7 March – Jenny Lind as her breakthrough in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
- The state licensed brothels, London and Stadt Hamburg, open in the capital in an attempt by the city authorities to control the spread of sexual disease.[1]
- - Rabulist riots
- - First issue of Borås Tidning
- - First issue of Östgöta Correspondenten
- - Foundation of the philanthropic sewing society by Emilie Petersen.
Births
- 20 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (died 1917)
- 14 September - Hanna Ouchterlony, Salvationist (died 1924)
- 4 December - Hanna Winge, painter (died 1896)
- - Hilda Petrini, watch maker (died 1895)
- - Betty Pettersson, first female university student (died 1885)
- - Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm, actress and drama teacher (died 1907)
- - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (died 1901)
Deaths
References
- Svanström, Yvonne, Offentliga kvinnor: prostitution i Sverige 1812-1918 [Public Women: Prostitution in Sweden 1812-1918], Ordfront, Stockholm, 2006 (Swedish)
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