1890 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm.

Events

• - The mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) founded.
• - The newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning founded.
• - KFUM Örebro
• - LKAB
• - Nordstjernan
• - Uddevalla Suffrage Association
• - Lilly Engström became the first female member of a Board of education.
• 7 August - Anna Månsdotter became the last woman in Sweden to be executed.

Births

• 26 January - Carlos Adlercreutz, military officer.
• 7 March - Gustaf Weidel, gymnast.
• 27 April - Karl Asplund, poet, short story writer and art historian.
• 28 August - Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider.
• 26 September - Karl Lindahl, gymnast.
• 2 November - Moa Martinson, author.

Deaths

• 8 March - Josefina Deland, women's rights activist
• 8 May – Herman Schultz, astronomer.
• 20 September – Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, landscape painter and art professor.
• 7 October – Edvard Perséus, painter.
• 11 November - Emilie Risberg, writer and reform pedagogue