Events from the year 1820 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles XIV John
Events
- Foundation of the Swedbank
- Nattvardsbarnen by Esaias Tegnér. - Markalls sömnlösa nätter (1820–21) by Per Adam Wallmark. - Runesvärdet av Karl August Nicander - Senare dikter af Vitalis by Erik Sjöberg - The Wolf of Gysinge killed its first victim
Births
6 October – Jenny Lind, opera singer (died 1887) - Anna-Kajsa Norman, folk musician (died 1903) - Kloka Anna i Vallåkra, religious visionary and natural healer (died 1896)
Deaths
16 February – Georg Carl von Döbeln, war hero (born 1758) 25 May – Eric Ruuth, governor general (born 1746) - Charlotte Du Rietz, love interest of Gustav III (born 1744)