1857 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1857 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau.
- 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden.
- October 6 - Establishment of Swedish consulate in Bombay, India
- A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.
- An interim Swedish-Norwegian government is formed in Stockholm due to the King's deteriorating health.
- Significant repercussions on imported goods following the 1857 Financial Crisis.
- The artist Johan Fredrik Höckert's painting Det inre af en lappkåta received a special honourable mention at the Paris Salon. The artwork was acquired by the Swedish Government to display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm.
- Several protests for higher pay in Sweden's iron and steel factories.
- Devastating fire in the Mosebacke area in Stockholm leads to significant damage to property.
Births
- 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist
- 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue
- 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician
- Amanda Horney, politician, trade unionist and women's right activist
Deaths
- 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright
- - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer