1857 in Sweden

• Monarch – Oscar I

• 6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau.
• 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden.
• October 6 - Establishment of Swedish consulate in Bombay, India (now Mumbai)
• A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. {{ISBN|91-522-1810-4}}.
• An interim Swedish-Norwegian government is formed in Stockholm due to the King's deteriorating health.{{Cite web |last=regjeringen.no |date=2007-12-03 |title=Interim Government in Stockholm 1857 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/regjeringer-siden-1814/historiske-regjeringer/governments-1814-1905/norwegian-members-of-the-interim-governm-2/id506801/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Government.no |language=en-GB}}
• Significant repercussions on imported goods following the 1857 Financial Crisis.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The Financial Crisis in Europe (December 1857) |url=https://wikirouge.net/texts/en/The_Financial_Crisis_in_Europe_(December_1857)?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Marxists-en |language=en}}
• The artist Johan Fredrik Höckert's painting Det inre af en lappkåta received a special honourable mention at the Paris Salon. The artwork was acquired by the Swedish Government to display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm.
• Several protests for higher pay in Sweden's iron and steel factories.
• Devastating fire in the Mosebacke area in Stockholm leads to significant damage to property.

• 13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist (died 1935)
• 21 April – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (died 1947)
• 27 October – Ernst Trygger, professor and politician (died 1943)
• Amanda Horney, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (died 1953)

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• 2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright (born 1825)
• - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (born 1792)

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