Sweden: Pre-1900
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1867
AUGUST 1867
AUGUST 24, 1867 (SATURDAY)
Rapp Theater, Stockholm, Sweden
"Wrestling Matches of Girls.
The Japanese and the Arabs have recently given our amusement-loving public some extraordinary entertainments, but none of them, we should think, can equal the exhibition lately witnessed by an English traveller...This was a series of wrestling matches between girls, and is thus described: 'They were apparently of the class called extras at theaters, and were dressed in long sleeved shirts fastening around the throat, the short loose trousers of the debordeur, tights, of course, and boots. They had been instructed in certain rules for the strife (which defined the space of the adversary's body for the gripe, and forbade pinching or kicking) all duty set forth in the playbills; the pay of rixdollar a night a piece, and a prize of four rixdollars for the winner, were left to fight it out on the stage. The principal dancer picked out the couples one after the other, and as the fat eof each pair was decided, the vanquished girl retired to the back of the stage; while the winner stood on one side to wrestle again with the other equally fortunate as herself. It was a thoroughly genuine thing, and well worth seeing. The girls dodged, and gripped, and struggled in good earnest, and many were the mishaps to hair and garment, and many the strong while white limb exposed; while the ever changing attitudes of their lisom forms so uncosciously significant and graceful, deserved the less of the photographer or the sculptor's chisel to confer undying immortality of Herr Rappo, the manager. As the ties were worked off, the excitement grew very severe, and when the last couple, blown, disheveled and flushed, stood up for the four rix, the backing of green breeches or red breeches was like the clatter of a betting-ring when the odds were rising on the favorite, and the professionals find themselves on the gridiron.
'This extremely aesthetic exhibition, with tableux vivants, pantomimic ballet, performances of the trapex, and a presentation of the immoral fight of Sayers and Heenan between a couple of wretched Whitechapel acrobats, was all to be seen for the highest price of two rixdollars - and no smoking allowed!'" - Louisville Courier-Journal
1870
SEPTEMBER 1870
SEPTEMBER 22, 1870 (THURSDAY)
Husby, Stockholm, Sweden
Hjalmar E. Lundin is born here
Notes:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
SEPTEMBER 1870
SEPTEMBER 22, 1870 (THURSDAY)
Husby, Stockholm, Sweden
Hjalmar E. Lundin is born here
Notes:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
1871 (no results)
1872
MAY 1872
MAY 1, 1872 (WEDNESDAY)
Stockholm, Sweden
Aug. W. Johnson is born here
Notes:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
1890 (no results)
1891
FEBRUARY 1891
FEBRUARY 14, 1891 (SATURDAY)
????, Sweden
Aug. W. Johnson debuts as a professional wrestler and/or weightlifter and tours Sweden's principal cities. He "then visited Finland, St. Petersburg, Russia where he appeared in front of the royal family...then returned to Sweden, and from there made a trip to Denmark, winning laurels where he went. From thence he returned via Sweden to Finland and Russia."
Notes:
From a biographical accoun in an 1898 American newspaper.
FEBRUARY 1891
FEBRUARY 14, 1891 (SATURDAY)
????, Sweden
Aug. W. Johnson debuts as a professional wrestler and/or weightlifter and tours Sweden's principal cities. He "then visited Finland, St. Petersburg, Russia where he appeared in front of the royal family...then returned to Sweden, and from there made a trip to Denmark, winning laurels where he went. From thence he returned via Sweden to Finland and Russia."
Notes:
From a biographical accoun in an 1898 American newspaper.
DECEMBER 1891
DECEMBER 27, 1891 (SUNDAY)
Stokholm, Sweden
1 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. John Marx
2 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Alexius Marx
Note:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
1892
JUNE 1892
JUNE 7, 1892 (TUESDAY)
Stockholm, Sweden
1 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Herman Stahhnke (of Russia)
2 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Adolf Stahnke (of Russia)
Note:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
JUNE 1892
JUNE 7, 1892 (TUESDAY)
Stockholm, Sweden
1 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Herman Stahhnke (of Russia)
2 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Adolf Stahnke (of Russia)
Note:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
1893
JUNE 1893
JUNE 26, 1893 (MONDAY)
Stockholm, Sweden
1 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother I
2 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother II
3 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother III
Notes:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
Said the royal family is present.
JUNE 1893
JUNE 26, 1893 (MONDAY)
Stockholm, Sweden
1 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother I
2 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother II
3 - Aug. W. Johnson (of Sweden) def. Godefrolny Rasso Brother III
Notes:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
Said the royal family is present.
OCTOBER 1893
OCTOBER 11, 1893 (WEDNESDAY)
????, Sweden
Aug. W. Johnson leaves here on a trip to New York, America.
Note:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
OCTOBER 1893
OCTOBER 11, 1893 (WEDNESDAY)
????, Sweden
Aug. W. Johnson leaves here on a trip to New York, America.
Note:
This is from an American newspaper biographical piece in 1898.
1894 (no results)
1895 (no results)
1896 (no results)
1897
???? 1897
???? ??, 1897 (????)
????, Sweden
Axel Krook (of Kristianstad, Sweden) turned professional; trained by Magnus Bech-Olsen
Notes:
Possibly somewhere else in Scandinavia.
???? 1897
???? ??, 1897 (????)
????, Sweden
Axel Krook (of Kristianstad, Sweden) turned professional; trained by Magnus Bech-Olsen
Notes:
Possibly somewhere else in Scandinavia.
JANUARY 1897
JANUARY ??, 1897 (????)
Circus Madigan, Malmö, Scania, Sweden
John Pohl (Abs II) moved to Malmö and wrestled here
1898
JUNE 1898
JUNE 26, 1898 (SUNDAY)
Malmö, Scania, Sweden
1 - Paul Pons (of France) def. Mauritz Andersson
2 - Paul Pons def. Carl Möller (of Denmark)
3 - Camillus Ewertsen Vs. Auguste Robinet (of France),
No Contest
JUNE 1898
JUNE 26, 1898 (SUNDAY)
Malmö, Scania, Sweden
1 - Paul Pons (of France) def. Mauritz Andersson
2 - Paul Pons def. Carl Möller (of Denmark)
3 - Camillus Ewertsen Vs. Auguste Robinet (of France),
No Contest
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All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Sweden: Pre-1900.
Updated: September 14, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Sweden: Pre-1900.
Updated: September 14, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
