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Princess Eugénie of Sweden

Stockholm City, 24 Apr 1830 – Stockholm City, 1889

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A life in time

  1. 24 Apr 1830

    Born in Stockholm City

  2. 1889

    Dies in Stockholm City

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Stockholm City.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1830s · Princess is born in Stockholm City

In the news1832

Göta Canal completed

In 1832, the Göta Canal was completed, improving transportation significantly between Swedish lakes and the sea.

What people wore

Leather scarcity forced many to go barefoot

Leather was so scarce that it was often prioritized for protective aprons, leading many people to go barefoot from snowmelt until late autumn to save their shoes. Some individuals even applied layers of tar to the soles of their feet to endure walking on rough terrain.

Getting around

Travel speed on roads

On good roads with light carriages, travelers could cover 1 mil (10 km) per hour, though the regulations officially allowed 1.25 hours per mil.

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.Around the world · 1839

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.

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In the news1834

Cholera epidemic strikes Sweden

A severe cholera epidemic struck Sweden in 1834, causing 4,600 deaths in Gothenburg alone.

Music

Norwegian folk songs and cattle calls

In Norway, ordinary people sang medieval ballads, songs about trolls and fairy tale characters, and lullabies, while also using cattle calls to communicate across distances. Cattle calls used a unique technique with a raised larynx to produce high, penetrating tones audible up to 5 kilometers away.

Daily life

Fetching and heating water

Water for the household had to be fetched from a spring before dark, as it was considered unlucky or unsafe to do so at night. If water needed to be warmed for tasks, a glowing ember was sometimes dropped directly into the bucket.