1809 in Sweden

Events from the year 1809 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf then Charles XIII

Events

 * 29 March - Coup of 1809: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état and his uncle is made Regent.
 * May - The Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden) is established.
 * 10 May - The former King's son is also deprived of his right to the throne.
 * 5 June - The former king's uncle Charles XIII of Sweden is placed upon the throne after having accepted a new constitution.
 * 6 June - Instrument of Government (1809).
 * 18 July - Charles August is elected new heir to the throne of Sweden.
 * 19-20 August - Battle of Ratan and Sävar
 * 17 September - Treaty of Fredrikshamn
 * Inauguration of the Malmö Teater in Malmö.
 * December - The former monarch and his family leaves Sweden for Germany.
 * Allmänna institutet för Blinda och Döfstumma (Public Institute of the Blind and Deaf), the first school for deaf and mute students, is inaugurated in Stockholm by Pär Aron Borg with a demonstration by Charlotta Seuerling.

Births

 * 6 January – Sven Lovén, marine zoologist and malacologist (died 1895)
 * 21 August – Hanna Brooman, composer, translator and educator (died 1887)
 * 7 September - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer (died 1884)
 * - Angelique Magito, actress (died 1895)

Deaths

 * 1 May – Maria Elisabet de Broen, translator and theatre manager (born 1756)
 * 25 July - Charlotta Roos, medium (born 1771)
 * Jeanna von Lantingshausen, politically active socialite (born 1753)
 * Hedvig Sofia von Rosen, royal governess (born 1734)