1821 in Sweden

Events from the year 1821 in Sweden.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

 * – First issue of the newly merged Post- och Inrikes Tidningar.
 * 27 March – The Wolf of Gysinge was killed after having attacked 31 people over a three-month period.

Births

 * 24 February - Sven Adolf Hedlund, newspaper publisher and politician  (died 1900)
 * 2 March – Axel Adlercreutz, politician, civil servant, President of the Göta Court of Appeal, Prime Minister for Justice  (died 1880)
 * 1 April – Geskel Saloman, portrait and genre painter  (died 1902)
 * 6 May - Emelie Holmberg, composer, singer, pianist, music teacher and organist (died 1854)
 * 21 September – Aurora Ljungstedt, horror writer (died 1908)
 * 13 October – Oscar Byström, composer  (died 1909)
 * - Fanny Stål, classical pianist (died 1889)

Deaths

 * 15 March - Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, poet and inventor  (born 1754)
 * 6 October – Anders Jahan Retzius, chemist, botanist and entomologist (born 1742)