1844 in Sweden

Events from the year 1844 in Sweden

← 1843 1842 1841 1844 in Sweden → 1845 1846 1847
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1844 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIV John then Oscar I

Events

• - King Charles XIV John of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Oscar I of Sweden.
• 22 October - Swedish History Museum
• - Du gamla, Du fria by Richard Dybeck

Births

• 23 February – Per Ekström, landscape painter (died 1935)
• 21 December – Olga Sandberg, ballerina (died 1926)
• 9 September – Ebba Boström, nurse and a philanthropist (died 1902)
• 9 November – Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, painter (dies 1920)
• 1 October – Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, collector and donor (died 1930)

Deaths

• 2 May - Karl Fredrik Dahlgren, poet (born 1791)
• 16 September – Magnus Brahe (1790–1844), soldier (born 1790)

References