1838 in Sweden



Events from the year 1838 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

 * 7 March – Jenny Lind as her breakthrough in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
 * The state licensed brothels, London and Stadt Hamburg, open in the capital in an attempt by the city authorities to control the spread of sexual disease.
 * - Rabulist riots
 * - First issue of Borås Tidning
 * - First issue of Östgöta Correspondenten
 * - Foundation of the philanthropic sewing society by Emilie Petersen.

Births

 * 20 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (died 1917)
 * 14 September - Hanna Ouchterlony, Salvationist (died 1924)
 * 4 December - Hanna Winge, painter  (died 1896)
 * - Hilda Petrini, watch maker (died 1895)
 * - Betty Pettersson, first female university student (died 1885)
 * - Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm, actress and drama teacher  (died 1907)
 * - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (died 1901)