1820 in Sweden

Events from the year 1820 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

 * - Foundation of the Swedbank
 * - Nattvardsbarnen by Esaias Tegnér.
 * - Markalls sömnlösa nätter (1820–21) by Per Adam Wallmark.
 * - Runesvärdet av Karl August Nicander
 * - Senare dikter af Vitalis by Erik Sjöberg
 * - The Wolf of Gysinge killed its first victim

Births

 * 6 October – Jenny Lind, opera singer (died 1887).
 * - Anna-Kajsa Norman, folk musician (died 1903)
 * - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra, religious visionary and natural healer (died 1896)

Deaths

 * 16 February – Georg Carl von Döbeln, war hero (born 1758)
 * 25 May – Eric Ruuth, governor general (born 1746)
 * - Charlotte Du Rietz, love interest of Gustav III (born 1744)