1857 in Sweden

Events from the year 1857 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar I

Events

 * 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau.
 * 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden.
 * A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.

Births

 * 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist  (died 1935)
 * 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (died 1947)
 * 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician (died 1943)
 * Amanda Horney, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died 1953)

Deaths

 * 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright (born 1825)
 * - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (born 1792)