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