1868 in Sweden

Events from the year 1868 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Charles XV

Events

 * 19 September - inauguration of Dalsland Canal.
 * 1 November - Folk high school introduced in Sweden.
 * Bladin's International School
 * United Methodist Church of Sweden

Births

 * January 19 - Ebba Atterbom, translator and educator (died 1961)
 * February 23 - Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Cabaret singer and movie director (died 1947)
 * April 7 - Herman Bernhard Lundborg, physician and a race biologist. (died 1943)
 * April 25 - Ernst Linder, arny general who served in the Swedish Army from 1887 to 1918 (died 1943)
 * June 29 - Gustaf Nordenskiöld, scholar who was the first to scientifically study the ancient Pueblo ruins in Mesa Verde. (died 1895)
 * July 24 - Axel Elof Jäderholm, zoologist and botanist (died 1927)
 * September 6 - Axel Hägerström, philosopher (died 1939)
 * November 15 - Josef Hammar, military surgeon and adventurer (died 1927)
 * October 18 - Ernst Didring, leader of the Swedish Red Cross for prisoners of the war between 1915 and 1920. (died 1931)
 * December 12 - Axel Petersson Döderhultarn, one of the recognized masters of wood carving (died 1925)
 * December 22 - Gustaf Fjæstad, Swedish painter (died 1948)

Deaths

 * 3 April - Franz Berwald, composer (born 1796)
 * Sofia Ahlbom, artist (born 1803)
 * Maria Fredrica von Stedingk, composer (born 1799)