← 1856 1855 1854 1857 in Sweden → 1858 1859 1860
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	Other events of 1857 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1857 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar I

Events

• 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau.
• 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden.
• A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.^[1]

Births

• 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist (died 1935)
• 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (died 1947)
• 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician (died 1943)
• Amanda Horney, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died 1953)

Deaths

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• 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright (born 1825)
• - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (born 1792)

References

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