1881 in Sweden

Events from the year 1881 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse

Events

 * - Åre railway station opened
 * - Malexander Church

Births

 * 26 May – Sten Dehlgren, military officer and newspaper editor (d. 1947).
 * 8 July – Ruth Gustafson, social democrat, politician, social reformer (died 1960)
 * 9 July – Arvid Andersson, tug-of-war competitor (died 1956).
 * 29 August – Johan Hübner von Holst, sport shooter (died 1945).
 * 5 October – Florence Stephens, heiress and landowner  (died 1979)
 * 18 November – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (died 1966).

Deaths

 * 26 march - Lovisa Åhrberg, surgeon and doctor (born 1801)
 * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (born 1804)