1856 in Sweden

Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	Other events of 1856; Timeline of Swedish history;

Events from the year 1856 in Sweden

Incumbents

7 May - The Swedish Evangelical Mission is established.,^[1]
29 September - Fredrika Bremer publishes her famous novel Hertha, which contributes to a great debate about reform within women's rights.
15 October – André Oscar Wallenberg establishes the Stockholms Enskilda Bank.
Date unknown – Luleå becomes the seat of Norrbotten County.^[2]
Date unknown - Construction of the Western Main Line, the main railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg, begins.
Date unknown - Revision of the Infanticide Act (Sweden).
Date unknown - Inauguration of the theater Folkan in Stockholm.

8 March - Cecilia Milow, author, translator, educator, campaigner and suffragette (died 1946)
29 June - Maria Cederschiöld, journalist (died 1935)
3 September - Selma Ek, operatic soprano (died 1941)
10 December - Karolina Widerström, first female physician (died 1949)
Anna Sterky, union worker (died 1939)
Augusta Andersson, restaurant owner (died 1938)

^ "I detta tecken" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Evangelical Mission. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ "Residensparken i Luleå" (in Swedish). National Property Board Sweden. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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