1792 in Sweden

Events from the year 1792 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav III then Gustav IV Adolf

Events

 * January - King Gustav III summon the Riksdag of the Estates to Gävle.
 * February - The Riksdag of the Estates is dissolved.
 * 16 March - Assassination of Gustav III: Gustav III of Sweden is assassinated by Jakob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
 * 29 March - Gustav III dies and are succeeded by his minor son, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, under the guardianship of his uncle, Duke Charles.
 * The Funeral of Gustav III
 * 27 April – Jakob Johan Anckarström is executed for regicide in Stockholm.
 * July - Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm becomes a member of the guardian government and the de facto regent of Sweden.
 * 20 December – The Marriage of Figaro is given for the first time in Sweden at the Stenborg Theatre in Stockholm with Didrik Gabriel Björn and Eleonora Säfström.
 * The French Theater of Gustav III is dissolved.
 * Om det allmänna förståndets frihet by Thomas Thorild.
 * Thomas Thorild is exiled for revolutionary ideas.
 * Foundation of the Nationalmuseum.
 * Foundation of the school of Johanna Lohm.

Births

 * 23 March – Carl Georg Brunius, art historian, archaeologist and architect (died 1869)
 * 16 April - Ulla Stenberg, artist (died 1858)
 * 24 July - Hedda Wrangel, composer (died 1833)
 * 28 August – Karolina Bock, actress (died 1872)
 * Date unknown - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (died 1857)

Deaths

 * 15 December – Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (born 1756)
 * 8 November - Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, courtier (born 1753)