1800 in Sweden

Events from the year 1800 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf

Events

• 14 August - Trollhätte Canal, later a part of the Göta Canal, is inaugurated.
• Linnéska institutet is inaugurated.

Births

• 10 January – Lars Levi Læstadius, religious reformer (died 1861)
• 1 October – Peter Wieselgren, founder of the Swedish temperance movement (died 1877)
• Helena Eldrup, educator (died 1872)

Deaths

• 21 May - Carl August Ehrensvärd, artist and architect (born 1745)
• 29 May - Charlotte Slottsberg, ballerina (born 1760)
• Julie Eckerman, courtesan and spy (born 1765)
• Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, courtier (born 1732)
• Helena Maria EhrenstrÃ¥hle, poet (born 1760)
• Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist, actress and singer (born 1771)
• Eva Fundin, actress and dancer (born 1777)

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