1846 in Sweden

Events from the year 1846 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar I

Events

 * 28 June: The Church of Sweden Härnösand Cathedral is inaugurated.
 * December 22 - The guild system in Sweden is abolished by the Fabriks och Handtwerksordning and Handelsordningen.
 * Trade and craft professions are opened to all unmarried women.
 * Adolf Eugene von Rosen and Georg Theodor Policron von Chiewitz proposes a regulation of Gamla stan.
 * The Swedish History Museum is founded.
 * Gothenburg becomes the first Swedish city to be lit up by voal gas.
 * Den broderade plånboken by August Blanche
 * Dubbelgångaren av Fjodor Dostojevskij
 * Engelbrekt och hans dalkarlar by August Blanche
 * Läkaren by August Blanche
 * Magister Bläckstadius eller giftermåls-annonsen by August Blanche
 * Rika morbror by August Blanche
 * Syskonbarnen eller Hofgunst och Folkgunst by Karl Kullberg
 * Torparen och hans omgifning by Sophie von Knorring

Births

 * 26 February – Amanda Forsberg, ballerina
 * 16 March – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, mathematician  (died 1927)
 * 28 April – Johan Oskar Backlund, astronomer  (died 1916)
 * 5 May – Lars Magnus Ericsson, inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson (incorporated as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson   (died 1926)
 * May - Nanna Hoffman factory owner (died 1920)
 * 22 December – Andreas Hallén, composer, conductor and music teacher  (died 1925)

Deaths

 * 28 January - Sara Wacklin, writer and educator (born 1790)
 * 8 April - Augusta von Fersen, courtier (born 1754)
 * 2 November – Esaias Tegnér, poet (born 1782)
 * 18 December – Emilie Högqvist, actress and royal mistress (born 1812)
 * Helena Spinacuta, actor and acrobat (born 1766)