1853 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1853 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
- Monarch – Oscar I
Events
- The first telegraphy net was being constructed.
- The first gasworks in Sweden were implemented.
- Street lights by gas lighting were introduced in the capital.
- Coffee brand Gevalia was launched.
- The choir Orphei Drängar was founded.
- The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools were opened to both sexes.
- 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.
Births
- 3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer
- 3 February - Maria Westberg, ballerina
- 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor
- 20 February - Amanda Röntgen-Maier, violinist and composer
- 17 May - Carolina Östberg, opera singer
- 28 May - Carl Larsson, painter
- 11 June - Alma Åkermark, feminist and editor
- 10 September - Gertrud Adelborg, leading member of the women's rights movement
Deaths
- Maria Johanna Görtz, painter
- Sven Erlandsson textile artist
- 5 December - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer