1884 in Sweden

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Newspaper illustration of Strindberg's reception on his return to Stockholm on 20 October 1884 to face charges of blasphemy arising from a story in the first volume of his collection Getting Married.

Events from the year 1884 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Robert Themptander

Events

• - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
• - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
• - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first female to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
• - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
• - Brio (company) is founded.
• - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
• - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.

Births

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Gösta Lilliehöök, Olympic champion in 1912.

• 9 March – Carl Holmberg, gymnast (died 1909).
• 31 March – Axel Ljung, gymnast (died 1938).
• 25 May – Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete (died 1974).

Deaths

• 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (died 1809)
• – Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist (died 1798)