1837 in Sweden

Events from the year 1837 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

 * January - The Cause célèbre murder of Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs chock the country.
 * - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra begin her career as a religious visionary.
 * - The first issue of the Nya Wermlands-Tidningen
 * - Albert Bonniers förlag is founded.
 * - Stor-Stina starts her exhibition tours.
 * - Grannarne by Fredrika Bremer

Births

 * 19 May – Pontus Wikner, lecturer in philosophy and professor of aesthetics  (died 1888)
 * 30 July – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (died 1925)
 * Johanna Hedén, midwife (died 1912)
 * Maria Andersson (businesswoman) (died 1922)

Deaths

 * 3 January - Christina Rahm, opera singer and actress (born 1760)
 * 11 January - Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs murder victim (born 1767)
 * 7 February - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, deposed monarch  (born 1778)
 * 20 May – Johan Afzelius, chemist (born 1753)
 * 24 May – Gustaf Lagerbielke, politician (born 1817)
 * 21 August - Sophia Rosenhane, benefactor (born 1757)
 * - Inga Åberg, opera singer and stage actress (born 1773)