Wedding and Honeymoon

Abstract

On Sunday, May 14, 1882, the wedding celebration took place in Helsingfors with Signe’s relatives and Gösta’s Finnish friends in attendance. The day had been chosen so that the newlyweds would be able to obtain suitable ship’s passage for their honeymoon, starting three days later. Wedding announcements had been sent to family members, close friends, and acquaintances both in Sweden and abroad. Good wishes had come streaming in from Paris, Göttingen, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, from relatives in Göteborg, and from friends in Hjo and Stockholm. Of Gösta’s family, only his sister, Anne Charlotte, came to the festivities in Helsingfors. But she had arrived from Stockholm ten days ahead of time in order to help with the preparations.