1886 in Sweden

Events from the year 1886 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Robert Themptander

Events

 * The Dress reform society Svenska drägtreformföreningen is founded.
 * - Brunkeberg Tunnel
 * - Halmstad Bolmen Railway
 * - Stella (magazine)
 * - Storlien Station
 * - Svenska Barnmorskeförbundet (The Swedish Midwifery Association) is founded by Johanna Hedén.

Births

 * 18 January – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (died 1962)
 * 6 March – Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (died 1939).
 * 16 March – Herbert Lindström, tug-of-war competitor (died 1951).
 * April 1 – Brita von Horn, dramatist, novelist and theatre director (died 1983)
 * 9 June – Tora Dahl, writer (died 1982).
 * 25 August – Östen Undén, politician, prime minister (died 1974).
 * Eva Andén, lawyer, first woman in the Swedish Bar Association (died 1970).

Deaths

 * – Isak Albert Berg, singer, composer (born 1803)