1853 in Sweden

Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	Other events of 1853; Timeline of Swedish history;

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.^[1]
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.^[2]
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

15 February – Frans Preumayr, musician and conductor (born 1782)
'The Artist's Study Portfolio' by Niklas Robert Leffler
7 March – Mauritz Frumerie, medal engraver and lithographer (born 1775)
9 April – Pehr Axel Fröst, priest, theologian, and singer (born 1802)
15 April – Alexis Lindblom, philosopher and botanist (born 1807)
19 April – Sven Erlandsson, tapestry maker (born 1768)
30 April – Nils Petter Ehrnberg, industrialist (born 1804)
4 May – Thure Gabriel Adlerbrant, jurist and councillor (born 1780)
15 May – Johan Abraham Aleander, cartoonist (born 1766)
17 May – Claes Himberg, artist (born 1787)
5 June – Maria Johanna Görtz, painter (born 1783)
8 June – Gustaf Keyser, merchant and missionary (born 1785)
12 June – Bengt Andersson, merchant and politician (born 1795)
16 August – Johannes Swartz, manufacturer (born 1790)
18 August – Anna Myhrman, artist (born 1785)
25 August – Johan Leonard Belfrage, printmaker (born 1800)
29 August – Magnus Fürst, physician (born 1823)
2 September – Johan Peter Ericsson, organist and composer (born 1806)
15 September – Ludvig Persson Lundgren, medal engraver (born 1789)
17 September – Maria Christina Strömberg, ballet dancer and actress (born 1777)
23 September – Gustaf Fredrik Åkerhielm, colonel and theatre director (born 1776)
25 September – Fredrik Blom, military officer and architect (born 1781)
27 September – Gudmund Leonard Silverstolpe, poet (born 1815)
18 October – Lars Augustin Bång, shipbuilder (born 1806)
22 October – Anders Lundquist, artist (born 1803)
29 October – Carl Erengisle Hyltén-Cavallius, pharmacist and chemist (born 1817)
1 November – Nils Andersson, murderer and arsonist
1 November – Jöns Göransson Ramberg, murderer and arsonist
2 November – Georg Günther, organist and composer (born 1786)
9 November – Märta Christina Sällström, actress and opera singer (born 1808)
6 November – Samuel Grubbe, philosopher and politician (born 1786)
5 December – Jeanette Wässelius, opera singer and actress (born 1784)
28 December – Peter Blom, artist (born 1791)

Undated

Niklas Robert Leffler, artist (born 1811)

Publications

Fredrika Bremer's travelogue Hemmen i den nya världen ('Homes in the New World').
Wilhelm Lilljeborg's book De crustaceis ex ordinibus tribus: Cladocera, Ostracoda et Copepoda, in Scania occurrentibus.
Elias Sehlstedt's poetry collection Fiskmåsen: Poetisk Vår-Kalender för 1853 ('The Seagull: Poetic Spring Calendar for 1853').
Johan Haqvin Wallman's book Försök till en systematisk uppställning af växtfamiljen Characeae, including the first published reference to the species Chara hornemannii.^[3]

References

↑ Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
↑ Inger Hultgren (Swedish): Kvinnors organisation och samhällets beslutsprocess (1982)
↑ "Chara hornemannii Wallman :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Archived from the original on 2025-09-02. Retrieved 2026-06-07.

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[1] Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996

[2] Inger Hultgren (Swedish): Kvinnors organisation och samhällets beslutsprocess (1982)

[3] "Chara hornemannii Wallman :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Archived from the original on 2025-09-02. Retrieved 2026-06-07.

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Undated

Publications

See also

References