1783 in Sweden

Events from the year 1783 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III

Events

 * - Creation of the Walhalla-orden
 * - Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Sweden)
 * June - Gustav III has plans to conquer the Danish province of Norway, and meet with Catherine the Great in Finland in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her to end the Russian-Danish alliance.
 * - Norrköping jungfrustift is founded.
 * 27 September - Gustav III begun his trip to Italy and France.
 * - Bacchi Tempel, by Carl Michael Bellman
 * - Giovanna Bassi is engaged at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
 * - Bacchi Tempel, by Carl Michael Bellman
 * - Giovanna Bassi is engaged at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.

Births

 * 12 January - Erik Gustaf Geijer, writer (died 1847)
 * 3 September - Sophie Karsten, ballerina (died 1862)
 * 22 October - Maria Johanna Görtz, artist (died 1853)
 * 18 December - Johan Niclas Byström, sculptor (died 1848)
 * 3 September - Sophie Karsten, ballerina (died 1862)
 * 22 October - Maria Johanna Görtz, artist (died 1853)
 * 18 December - Johan Niclas Byström, sculptor (died 1848)

Deaths

 * Brita Ryy, educator (born 1725)
 * 26 May – Anna Maria Hilfeling, miniaturist (born 1713)
 * date unknown - Maria Katarina Öhrn, opera singer and actress (born 1756)
 * 1 November - Carl Linnaeus the Younger, naturalist (born 1741)
 * Helena Escholin, vicar's wife (born 1713)
 * Françoise-Éléonore Villain, actor (born 1761)
 * Françoise-Éléonore Villain, actor (born 1761)