1787 in Sweden

Events from the year 1787 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav III

Events

• 24 January – Hamlet is played for the first time in Sweden by Andreas Widerberg at the Comediehuset in Gothenburg.
• A private Swedish language theater are founded in Bollhuset in Stockholm by Adolf Fredrik Ristell.
• The Royal Dramatic Training Academy is founded.
• The art of circus is introduced for the first time in Sweden through the Price Circus Company of Rosalia Price, Peter Price (1761-1790) and James Price (1761-1805), who tour Sweden.

Births

• 22 February – Erik Djurström, stage actor (died 1841)
• 26 April – Elisabet Charlotta Piper, court official (died 1860)
• 4 December – Johan Fredrik Berwald, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1861)
• Catharina Torenberg, violinist (died 1866)

Deaths

• Agatha Lovisa de la Myle, poet (born 1724)

References