1787 in Sweden

Events from the year 1787 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III

Events

 * 24 January – Hamlet is played for the first time in Sweden by Andreas Widerberg at the Comediehuset in Gothenburg.
 * A private Swedish language theater are founded in Bollhuset in Stockholm by Adolf Fredrik Ristell.
 * The Royal Dramatic Training Academy is founded.
 * The art of circus is introduced for the first time in Sweden through the Price Circus Company of Rosalia Price, Peter Price (1761-1790) and James Price (1761-1805), who tour Sweden.

Births

 * 22 February – Erik Djurström, stage actor (died 1841)
 * 26 April – Elisabet Charlotta Piper, court official (died 1860)
 * 4 December – Johan Fredrik Berwald, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1861)
 * Catharina Torenberg, violinist (died 1866)

Deaths

 * Agatha Lovisa de la Myle, poet (born 1724)