1883 in Sweden

Events from the year 1883 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse, Carl Johan Thyselius

Events

 * 13 June - Carl Johan Thyselius assumed the position of Prime Minister.
 * 3 August: Amusement park Gröna Lund on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm is inaugurated.


 * - Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society is founded.
 * - Ellen Fries becomes the first female Ph.D.
 * - Katarina Elevator
 * - IS Lyckans Soldater
 * - Stockholm University Student Union
 * - Swedish Chemical Society is founded.

Births

 * 17 November – Erik Granfelt, gymnast (died 1962).
 * 6 December – Anders Hylander, gymnast (died 1967).
 * 23 December – Hjalmar Cedercrona, gymnast (died 1969).

Deaths

 * 6 March - Cecilia Fryxell, educator  (born 1806)