1853 in Sweden

Events from the year 1853 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar I

Events

 * The first Telegraphy net are being constructed.
 * The first Gasworks in Sweden.
 * Street lights by gas lighting are introduced in the capital.
 * Coffee brand Gevalia is launched.
 * The choir Orphei Drängar is founded.
 * The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools are opened to both sexes.
 * 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.

Births

 * 3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer (died 1921)
 * 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (died 1897)
 * 20 February - Amanda Röntgen-Maier, violinist and composer (died 1894)
 * 17 May - Carolina Östberg, opera singer (died 1924)
 * 28 May - Carl Larsson, painter (died 1919)
 * 11 June - Alma Åkermark, feminist and editor (died 1933)
 * 10 September - Gertrud Adelborg, leading member of the women's rights movement (died 1942)
 * - Maria Westberg, ballerina (died 1893)

Deaths

 * - Maria Johanna Görtz, painter (born 1783)
 * - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer (born 1784)
 * Sven Erlandsson textile artist (born 1768)