1812 in Sweden

Events from the year 1812 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XIII

Events

• 23 February - Elise Frösslind, makes her breakthrough in the success of Cendrillon by Charles Etienne on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.^[1]
• 24 March - Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1812).
• 30 May - The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.^[2]
• 8 July - Treaty of Örebro.
• - Inauguration of Askersunds flickskola in Askersund.
• - A new law permit forced examination of any one suspected of carrying sexual transmitted disease.^[3]
• - Sorgespelet Prins Gustaf, by Lorenzo Hammarsköld
• - Flyttfåglarna, by Esaias Tegnér

Births

• 22 February - Emily Nonnen, writer (died 1905)
• 20 April - Maria Paulina Åhman, harpist, the first female instrumentalist in the royal chapel (died 1904)
• 29 April - Emilie Högqvist, actress (died 1846)
• 19 May - Herman Sätherberg, poet and physician (died 1892)
• 30 June - Josabeth Sjöberg, artist (died 1882)
• 29 October – Louise Granberg, playwright, translator and theatre director (died 1907)^[4]
• Carolina Lindström, milliner (died 1892)
• 4 May - Amalia Redec, pianist and composer (died 1885)

Deaths

• Hedda Piper, courtier (born 1746)