1884 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander

Events

• - The court case of the short story collection Getting Married by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called Sedlighetsdebatten.
• - The women's organization Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation Göteborgs Kvinnoförening in Gothenburg.
• - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden.
• - First issue of ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning
• - The toy company Brio is founded.
• - First issue of Svenska Dagbladet
• - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen.
• - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee
• * Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National Health Insurance Act

Births

• 7 January - Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt, equestrian
• 29 January - Rickard Sandler, 20th prime minister
• 9 March - Carl Holmberg, gymnast.
• 11 March – Lewi Pethrus, minister and hymnwriter
• 31 March - Axel Ljung, gymnast.
• 2 April - Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
• 11 May – Otto von Rosen, military officer, sport shooter
• 17 June – Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
• 25 May - Gösta Lilliehöök, modern pentathlete.
• 30 August – Theodor Svedberg, chemist
• 1 September – Sigurd Wallén, actor
• 4 July - Gustaf Malmström, wrestler.
• 30 November – Ture Rangström, composer

Deaths

• 2 October - Carolina Granberg, ballerina
• 22 November - Wilhelmina Gravallius, writer
• Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist
• Therese Kamph, educational reformer