1861 in Sweden

Events from the year 1861 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XV

Events

 * A decision is taken to construct Strandvägen in Stockholm.
 * The inauguration of the women teachers' training college Högre lärarinneseminariet, the first institution of higher learning open to women in Sweden.
 * The dentist profession is opened to women.
 * Danviken Hospital is closed.
 * March - The king grants the con artist Helga de la Brache an annual pension from the foreign department of 2,400 Swedish riksdaler a year, (the amount, from the beginning 1.200, was made larger in December 1869).

Births

 * 5 January - Anna Pettersson, lawyer (died 1929)
 * 2 June - Concordia Selander, actress and theater manager (died 1935)
 * 24 April - Hedda Andersson, second female doctor in Sweden (died 1950)
 * 14 May - Valborg Olander, politician (died 1943)
 * 29 October - Karolina Olsson, hibernator (died 1950)
 * 11 November - Elsa Eschelsson, first female doctor of Laws (died 1911)

Deaths

 * 17 January - Malla Silfverstolpe, salonnière (born 1782)
 * 21 February - Lars Levi Læstadius