1853 in Sweden

Events from the year 1853 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar I

Events

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

Births

• 3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer (died 1921)
• 3 February - Maria Westberg, ballerina (died 1893)
• 15 February - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (died 1897)
• 20 February - Amanda Röntgen-Maier, violinist and composer (died 1894)
• 17 May - Carolina Östberg, opera singer (died 1924)
• 28 May - Carl Larsson, painter (died 1919)
• 11 June - Alma Åkermark, feminist and editor (died 1933)
• 10 September - Gertrud Adelborg, leading member of the women's rights movement (died 1942)

Deaths

• Maria Johanna Görtz, painter (born 1783)
• Sven Erlandsson textile artist (born 1768)
• 5 December - Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer (born 1784)

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