1868 in Sweden

Sweden-related events during the year of 1868

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* Other events of 1868
* Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1868 in Sweden

## Incumbents

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* Monarch – Charles XV[1]

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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* 3 April - Franz Berwald, composer (born 1796)[3]
* Sofia Ahlbom, artist (born 1803)
* Maria Fredrica von Stedingk, composer (born 1799)

## References

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1. ^ "Charles XV - king of Sweden and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
2. ^ Abraham, William J.; Kirby, James E. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 95\. ISBN 9780199212996.
3. ^ "Franz Berwald - Swedish composer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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*   * Andorra
*   *   *   * Austria-Hungary
*   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   *   * France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   *   *   *   * Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   * Montenegro
*   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
* Ottoman Empire
* Papal States
*   * Portugal
* Prussia
*   * Russia
* San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
*   *   * United Kingdom
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Dependencies, colonies
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Years in Sweden

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