1880s in Swedish music

The following is a list of notable events of the 1880s in Swedish music.

Births

29 August 1881: Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer (died 1967)Grove, George and Stanley Sadie (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, {{ISBN|978-0-333-23111-1}}
27 December 1881: Viktor Widqvist, Swedish military musician and composer (died 1952){{cite web|url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/composers/9001--widqvist|title=Victor Widqvist (composer)|website=Presto Music|access-date=13 January 2025}}
6 March 1885: Hildor Lundvik, musician and composer
16 November 1886: Helmer Alexandersson, composer and violinist
23 February 1887: Oskar Lindberg, composer, musician, and teacher
12 December 1887: Kurt Atterberg, composer

14 February 1880: Wilhelmina Enbom, Swedish opera singer, 75{{cite web|url=https://skbl.se/en/article/ChristinaWilhelminaEnbom|title=Christina Wilhelmina Enbom|publisher=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|author=Steinrud, Marie|accessdate=10 December 2022 |language=}}
7 October 1880: Fredrika Stenhammar, soprano opera singer
22 October 1882: Oscar Ahnfelt, Swedish composer of hymn-tunes, 69{{cite book|title=Twice-Born Hymns|author=J. Irving Erickson|publisher=Covenant Press|year=1976|page=87}}
29 December 1882: Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter, composer and music teacher, 70{{cite web|url=https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/JosabethSjoberg |title= Josabeth Fredrica Paulina Sjöberg|publisher= Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|author=Hans Öjmyr |access-date=1 March 2019}}
1884: Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, violinist
21 November 1885: Amalia Redec, pianist and composer
7 February 1887: Hanna Brooman, composer
15 August 1887: Hedvig Willman, opera teacher
2 November 1887: Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", opera singer
7 February 1888: Aurore von Haxthausen, composer and pianist
21 March 1889: Fanny Stål, pianist
23 April 1889: Princess Eugénie of Sweden, componist and musician
24 April 1889: Mathilda Gelhaar, opera singer
14 July 1889: Elma Ström, opera singer