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3 unusual facts about Oscar I of Sweden


Gustav III's Pavilion

In the 1840s, King Oscar I commissioned a restoration of the building by architect George Theodor Chiewitz.

Nancy Edberg

She was given the license to open her own bath house by King Oscar I of Sweden in 1856, and in 1856-1858, she held public swimming exhibitions at Gjörckes simskola with her students to finance the opening of her own bath house; likely the first public swimming exhibitions by women in Sweden and, possibly, also Europe.

Oskarström

The name Oskarström is not named after the Swedish kings Oscar I or Oscar II but bookkeeper Oscar Bjorkman who was born in Ulricehamn and who in 1844 bought a piece of land with waterfalls by the Nissan river.



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