1820 in Sweden

Events from the year 1820 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

• - Foundation of the Swedbank
• - Nattvardsbarnen by Esaias Tegnér.
• - Markalls sömnlösa nätter (1820–21) by Per Adam Wallmark.
• - Runesvärdet av Karl August Nicander
• - Senare dikter af Vitalis by Erik Sjöberg
• - The Wolf of Gysinge killed its first victim

Births

• 6 October – Jenny Lind, opera singer (died 1887).
• - Anna-Kajsa Norman, folk musician (died 1903)
• - Kloka Anna i VallÃ¥kra, religious visionary and natural healer (died 1896)

Deaths

• 16 February – Georg Carl von Döbeln, war hero (born 1758)
• 25 May – Eric Ruuth, governor general (born 1746)
• - Charlotte Du Rietz, love interest of Gustav III (born 1744)

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