1889 in Sweden

Events from the year 1889 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Gillis Bildt, Gustaf Åkerhielm

Events

 * 12 October Gustaf Åkerhielm assumed the position of prime minister
 * - Sofia Kovalevskaya is appointed the first female university professor in Sweden.
 * - The Yngsjö murder.
 * - The Selander Company is founded.
 * - Foundation of the Baptist Union of Sweden
 * - First issue of the Stockholms-Tidningen
 * - Foundation of the Royal Society of the Humanities.
 * - The Swedish Social Democratic Party is founded.
 * - Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions.
 * - Foundation of the Sophiahemmet hospital in Stockholm.

Births

 * 23 May – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (died 1962).
 * 18 October – Carl Bertilsson, gymnast (died 1968).
 * 18 December - Alice Habsburg

Deaths

 * 14 July – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (born 1822)
 * - Sophia Wilkens, pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability (born 1817)
 * - Amalia Assur, first female dentist  (born 1803)