1856 in Sweden

Events from the year 1856 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar I

Events

 * 7 May - The Swedish Evangelical Mission is established.,
 * 29 September - Fredrika Bremer publishes her famous novel Hertha, which contributes to a great debate about reform within women's rights.
 * 15 October – André Oscar Wallenberg establishes the Stockholms Enskilda Bank.
 * Date unknown – Luleå becomes the seat of Norrbotten County.
 * Date unknown - Construction of the Western Main Line, the main railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, begins.
 * Date unknown - Revision of the Infanticide Act (Sweden).
 * Date unknown - Inauguration of the theater Folkan in Stockholm.

Births

 * 8 March - Cecilia Milow, author, translator, educator, campaigner and suffragette (died 1946)
 * 29 June - Maria Cederschiöld, journalist (died 1935)
 * 3 September - Selma Ek, operatic soprano (died 1941)
 * 10 December - Karolina Widerström, first female physician (died 1949)
 * Anna Sterky, union worker (died 1939)
 * Augusta Andersson, restaurant owner (died 1938)

Deaths

 * - Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, painter  (born 1789)
 * - Charlotta Öberg, poet (born 1818)