Events from the year 1857 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Oscar I
Events
6 June – Wedding between Prince Oscar and Sophie of Nassau. 12 June – Elfrida Andrée becomes the first female organist in Sweden. A regulation of Gamla stan is proposed by A. E. Schuldheis and discussed in the parliament. Gets rejected two years later.
Births
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)
Deaths
2 April - Jeanette Granberg, playwright (born 1825) - Halta-Kajsa, tradition bearer (born 1792)