Events from the year 1787 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch – Gustav III
Events
- 24 January – Hamlet is played for the first time in Sweden by Andreas Widerberg at the Comediehuset in Gothenburg.
- A private Swedish language theater are founded in Bollhuset in Stockholm by Adolf Fredrik Ristell.
- The Royal Dramatic Training Academy is founded.
- The art of circus is introduced for the first time in Sweden through the Price Circus Company of Rosalia Price, Peter Price (1761-1790) and James Price (1761-1805), who tour Sweden.
Births
- 22 February – Erik Djurström, stage actor (died 1841)
- 26 April – Elisabet Charlotta Piper, court official (died 1860)
- 4 December – Johan Fredrik Berwald, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1861)
- Catharina Torenberg, violinist (died 1866)
Deaths
- Agatha Lovisa de la Myle, poet (born 1724)
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