1773 in Sweden

Events from the year 1773 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III

Events

 * January 18 – The first opera performance in the Swedish language, Thetis et Pelée, performed by Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin in Bollhuset, marks the establishment of the Royal Swedish Opera.
 * August – Inauguration of the pleasure gardens Vauxhall (Gotheburg).
 * The Royal Swedish Ballet is founded.
 * The title Hovsångare is created by King Gustav III of Sweden, with the first recipients being Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg.
 * The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts is formally organized. Fifteen artists are accepted as members the same year, among them being Lorens Pasch the Younger and Ulrika Pasch.
 * A theater designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz is constructed for the royal court at Gripsholm Castle.
 * The population death rate doubles, due to famine and dysentery caused by crop failures in the previous years.
 * Mobilization of the army in the province of Finland because of a feared attack from the Empire of Russia.
 * De nymodiga fruntimren by Catharina Ahlgren.

Births

 * 9 December - Marianne Ehrenström, culture personality and multiple artist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (died 1867)
 * - Inga Åberg, opera singer and stage actress (died 1837)

Deaths

 * - Beata Sabina Straas, actress (born unknown date)