1887 in Sweden

Events from the year 1887 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Robert Themptander

Events

 * - Swedish State Railways established.
 * - Swedish Painters' Union founded.
 * - Arbetet
 * - Old Stockholm telephone tower
 * - Örgryte IS
 * - First issue of the women's issue Idun (magazine).

Births

 * 17 February – Nils Granfelt, gymnast (died 1959).
 * 16 June – Hugo Johansson, sport shooter (died 1977).
 * 18 December – Algot Lönn, cyclist (died 1953).

Deaths

 * 7 February – Hanna Brooman, composer, translator and educator (born 1809)
 * Hedvig Willman, actress (born 1841)
 * Antoinette Nording, perfume entrepreneur (born 1814)