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.

  Births

• 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician
• Amanda Horney, politician, trade unionist and women's right activist
• 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist

  Deaths

• 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright
• - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer