1847 in Sweden

Events from the year 1847 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar I

Events

 * 18 January – Brottslingarne by Emelie Flygare Carlén on Mindre teatern in Stockholm.
 * 24 May – Hittebarnet by August Blanche on Djurgårdsteatern in Stockholm.
 * 13 December – Mor och döttrar eller Namnförvexlingen by Jeanette Stjernström in Mindre teatern in Stockholm.
 * Jenny Lind returns to Sweden with a great tour.
 * The first bureau for registration as medical examination of prostitutes is opened in the capital: from 1859, all prostitutes are forced to registration.
 * Poor Care Regulation of 1847 replace the Beggar Regulation of 1642 and reorganize the poor relief system. Rotegång is banned for children.
 * The Åhlinska skolan is founded in Stockholm by Karin Åhlin and her sisters.
 * Aurore Storckenfeldt open the Storckenfeldtska skolan.
 * Slavery is abolished on the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
 * The perfume and cosmetic company Antoinette W Nording is founded by Antoinette Nording.
 * - 1846 och 1946 by August Blanche
 * - Barnen i nya skogen by Frederick Marryat.
 * - De begge aristokraterna by Wilhelmina Stålberg
 * - Flickan i Stadsträdgården by August Blanche
 * - Herr Dardanell och hans upptåg på landet by August Blanche
 * - Stockholm, Westerås och Upsala by August Blanche
 * - Tegnérs minne by August Blanche
 * - Vålnaden by August Blanche

Births

 * 1 May – Hildegard Björck, first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree (died 1920)
 * 12 June – Hulda Lundin, tailor and educator (died 1921)
 * 14 August – Karl Oskar Medin, paediatrician (died 1927)
 * 20 October – Oscar Swahn, shooter  (died 1927)
 * Anna Rönström, educator and mathematician (died 1920)
 * Sophie Cysch, singer (died 1917)

Deaths

 * 9 February - Ulrica Eleonora Rålamb, politically active countess and spy (born 1769)
 * 17 April - Maria Franck, actress  (born 1769)
 * 23 April – Erik Gustaf Geijer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer  (born 1783)
 * 18 June - Lisette Stenberg, actress and pianist (born 1770)
 * 14 August – Frans Michael Franzén, writer (born 1772)
 * 25 December – Carl Gustaf von Brinkman, diplomat (born 1764)
 * - Amelie von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1803)