Events from the year 1886 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Robert Themptander

Events The Dress reform society Svenska drägtreformföreningen is founded. - Brunkeberg Tunnel - Halmstad Bolmen Railway - Stella (magazine) - Storlien Station - Svenska Barnmorskeförbundet (The Swedish Midwifery Association) is founded by Johanna Hedén.

Births

18 January – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (died 1962) 6 March – Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (died 1939). 16 March – Herbert Lindström, tug-of-war competitor (died 1951). April 1 – Brita von Horn, dramatist, novelist and theatre director (died 1983) 9 June – Tora Dahl, writer (died 1982). 25 August – Östen Undén, politician, prime minister (died 1974). Eva Andén, lawyer, first woman in the Swedish Bar Association (died 1970).

Deaths

– Isak Albert Berg, singer, composer (born 1803)

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