1887 in Sweden

Events from the year 1887 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Robert Themptander

Events

• - Swedish State Railways established.
• - Swedish Painters' Union founded.
• - Arbetet
• - Old Stockholm telephone tower
• - Örgryte IS
• - First issue of the women's issue Idun (magazine).

Births

• 17 February – Nils Granfelt, gymnast (died 1959).
• 16 June – Hugo Johansson, sport shooter (died 1977).
• 18 December – Algot Lönn, cyclist (died 1953).

Deaths

• 7 February – Hanna Brooman, composer, translator and educator (born 1809)
• Hedvig Willman, actress (born 1841)
• Antoinette Nording, perfume entrepreneur (born 1814)

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