1853 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar I

  Events

• The first Telegraphy net are being constructed.
• The first Gasworks in Sweden.
• Street lights by gas lighting are introduced in the capital.
• Coffee brand Gevalia is launched.
• The choir Orphei Drängar is founded.
• The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools are opened to both sexes.
• 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.

  Births

• 3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer
• 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor
• 17 May - Carolina Östberg, opera singer
• 28 May - Carl Larsson, painter
• - Gertrud Adelborg, leading member of the women's rights movement
• - Maria Westberg, ballerina
• - Amanda Röntgen-Maier, violinist and composer
• - Alma Åkermark, feminist and editor

  Deaths

• - Maria Johanna Görtz, painter
• - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer