1893 in Sweden

Events from the year 1893 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

• Inauguration of the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden.
• 19 April - Sundbybergs IK is formed.
• 3 December: The Church of Sweden Oscar Fredrik Church is inaugurated on First Advent Sunday.

Births

• 23 January – Sven-Olof Jonsson, gymnast (died 1945).
• 24 January – Erik Friborg, cyclist (died 1968).
• 7 June – Gillis Grafström, figure skater (died 1938).
• 23 July – Gerda Höjer, nurse and politician (died 1974)
• 21 October – Fabian Biörck, gymnast (died 1977).

Deaths

• 4 December - Maria Westberg, ballerina (born 1853)
• Anna Christina Cronquist, entrepreneur and weaver (born 1807)

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