1864 in Sweden

Events from the year 1864 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XV

Events

 * The Skandinaviska Banken founded.
 * The newspaper Dagens Nyheter begins its publication.
 * June 18 – The Decree of Extended Freedom of Trade introduce complete freedom of trade in Sweden: unmarried women are granted the same rights within trade and commerce as men.
 * Husbands are forbidden to abuse their wives.
 * The gymnastics profession is open to women.
 * Queen Louise and Princess Louise take lessons in ice skating from the pioneer Nancy Edberg, making ice skating socially acceptable for females.
 * Bertha Valerius appointed official photographer of the royal court.
 * Women students are admitted as students at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts without having to apply for a dispensation.
 * Foundation of the Statens normalskola för flickor.
 * The famous trip of the Sami Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter to Stockholm.

Births

 * 20 January – Mathilda Malling, novelist (died 1942).
 * 12 March – Alice Tegnér, composer (died 1943).
 * 25 June – Ola Hanson, missionary (died 1927).
 * 20 July – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (died 1931).
 * 27 November – Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (died 1951).
 * 3 December – Anna Boberg, artist (died 1935).
 * 17 December – Felix Körling, composer (died 1937).
 * 18 December – Per-Olof Arvidsson, sport shooter (died 1947).

Deaths

 * 2 January – Johan Gabriel Richert, jurist and politician (born 1784).
 * 25 January – Simon Marcus Larson, artist (born 1825).
 * 2 March – Brita Catharina Lidbeck, singer (born 1788).
 * 28 May – Charlotta Deland, stage actress (born 1807).
 * 4 November – Lotten Wennberg, philanthropist (born 1815).
 * 1864 – Wendla Åberg, dancer and actress (born 1791).