1873 in Sweden

Events from the year 1873 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II

Events

 * - Foundation of the first women's rights organisation in Sweden, the Married Woman's Property Rights Association.
 * 5 May - The Scandinavian Monetary Union is founded.
 * - Swedish krona becomes the currency.

Births

 * 10 April – Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (died 1915)
 * 3 June – Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (died 1958)
 * 13 June – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director (died 1942)
 * 15 September – Ellen Hagen, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (died 1967)

Deaths

 * 4 March - Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, royalty (born 1831)
 * 27 March – Fanny Westerdahl, stage actress (died 1873)
 * 31 March - Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami  (died 1835)
 * 20 May – Fredrica Ehrenborg, writer (born 1794)
 * – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1801)