1853 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1853 in Sweden

Incumbents

The first telegraphy net was being constructed.
The first gasworks in Sweden were implemented.
Street lights by gas lighting were introduced in the capital.Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996
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.Inger Hultgren (Swedish): Kvinnors organisation och samhällets beslutsprocess (1982)
1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak.

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)