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.[1]
An interim Swedish-Norwegian government is formed in Stockholm due to the King's deteriorating health.[2]
Significant repercussions on imported goods following the 1857 Financial Crisis.[3]
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.
Births
13 March – Hilda Sachs, journalist and women's rights activist (died 1935)
↑ Hall, Thomas (1999). Huvudstad i omvandling – Stockholms planering och utbyggnad under 700 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Radios förlag. ISBN91-522-1810-4.
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