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

The first Telegraphy net are being constructed.
The first Gasworks in Sweden.
Street lights by gas lighting are introduced in the capital.^[1]
Coffee brand Gevalia is launched.
The choir Orphei Drängar is founded.
The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools are opened to both sexes. ^[2]
1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.

3 January - Sophie Elkan, writer (died 1921)
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)
- Maria Westberg, ballerina (died 1893)

^ 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)

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