| Years in Sweden: | 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 |
Events from the year 1842 in Sweden
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Marie Louise Marcadet née Baptiste was a Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actress of French origin. She was active in the Royal Swedish Opera as a singer, and in the Royal Dramatic Theatre and the French Theater of Gustav III as an actress. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1795.
Inga Åberg was a Swedish actress and opera singer. She was engaged as an opera singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, and as a stage actress at the Royal Dramatic Theater, between 1787 and 1810.
Hedvig "Hedda" Katarina Hjortsberg also known as Hedda Koersner was a Swedish ballerina who starred for the Royal Swedish Ballet. She was the sister of the Swedish actor Lars Hjortsberg.
Lars Hjortsberg was a Swedish stage actor. He belonged to the pioneer generation of elite actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre and has, alongside Emilie Högquist, been referred to as the most famous Swedish actor of the first half of the 19th-century.
Gertrud Elisabeth Forsselius née Forsell, also called Forselia, later known as Elisabet Haeffner and Elisabet Fahlgren, was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Louis Joseph Marie Deland was a Swedish ballet dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and ballet master in the Royal Swedish Ballet. He is often considered the first native male star in the Royal Swedish Ballet.

Mariane Theresia Sophie Stebnowska also called Zofia Stępkowska or Stempkosta was a Swedish opera singer and harpist of Polish origin. She has been referred to as one of the more notable stage artists of the Gustavian era Royal Swedish Opera. She was the maternal grandmother of the famous ballerina Marie Taglioni.
Erik Wilhelm Djurström was a Swedish stage actor. He was the director of the travelling Djurström theater company, which was one of the best known in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Nils Vilhelm Almlöf (1799–1875) was a Swedish stage actor. He was one of the most famous Swedish actors of his time and referred to as "The Swedish Talma".
Edvard Maurits Swartz, was a Swedish stage actor. He was one of the star actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in the mid 19th century.
Ulrika Eleonora Säfström was a Swedish stage actress, described as a great dramatic star of Stockholm in her day. She was used for heroine parts and was also popular in operettas.
Anna Maria Franziska "Charlotta" Almlöf was a Swedish stage actress. She belonged to the star actresses of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
Maria Sofia Angela "Angelique" Magito (1809–1895) was a Swedish opera singer, concert singer, and stage actress. She was one of the best-known artists of the travelling countryside theatres in Sweden and was called the "opera singer of the countryside".

Gustaf Fredrik Åbergsson née Åberg was a Swedish stage actor, theatre director and principal of Dramatens elevskola. He is one of the leading actors in Swedish theatre history.
"Ebba" Jeanette Morman was a Swedish stage actress. She was active at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1791-1802 and was popular actress, known for her demonic character portraits.
Events from the year 1806 in Sweden
Carl Schylander (1748–1811), was a Swedish stage actor.

Hedvig Lovisa Charlotta Deland, was a Swedish stage actress.
Louise Götz (1772-?), was a Swedish stage actress. She belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (1788-1805).
Isaac de Broen (1783–1814), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre manager.