Princess Eugenie of Sweden in 1846.

Princess Eugenie of Sweden (Swedish: Charlotta Eugenia Augusta Amalia Albertina; b. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the 24 April 1830 Stockholm Palace-d. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display The Stockholm Palace ( Swedish: Stockholms slott) is the Official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. 23 April 1889 in Stockholm), was a member of the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte and an amateur artist. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Her artist name and signature Pseudonym was: E******

Biography

Eugénie was born to King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ( July 4, 1799, Paris &ndash July 8, 1859, Stockholm Joséphine of Leuchtenberg ( 14 March, 1807 - 7 June, 1876) was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway She was born with weak health, and it was therefore decided early that she should not marry. She herself was to say that this gave her the opportunity to live an independent life. When unmarried adult women in Sweden were granted legal majority in 1858 (in the beginning only if they applied for it), she was perhaps the first woman in Sweden to ask, and be granted, to be legally independent.

Eugenie was interested in painting, sculpturing and composing. She composed, wrote poems, sculptured and painted the every day life of the royal court. One of her friends was the writer Lina Sandell. Lina Sandell (full name Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg) ( October 3, 1832 - July 27, 1903) was a Swedish writer of Her own poor health made her interested in medicine, and she founded Eugeniahemmet, a hospital for sick children.

References

• Österberg, Carin et al. , Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. (ISBN 91-87896-03-6)