1822 in Sweden

Events from the year 1822 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

 * Motala Verkstad is founded by Baltzar von Platen.
 * The piracy trial of Johanna Hård.
 * Inauguration of the National Portrait Gallery (Sweden).
 * Amorina by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.

Births

 * 14 February 1822 – Betty Boije, concert contralto and composer (died 1854)
 * 13 February – Betty Linderoth, watchmaker (died 1900)
 * 3 April – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (died 1889)
 * 22 April – Bengt Nordenberg, painter (died 1902)

Deaths

 * 13 March – Nils Lorens Sjöberg, poet (born 1754)
 * 16 March – Gustav Badin
 * Maria Nilsdotter i Ölmeskog, farmer and heroine (born 1756)