1854 in Sweden

Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.

Astrid of Sweden was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. After her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant. Astrid held the position of Queen of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until her death a little more than a year later. Known for her charitable efforts, she focused particularly on causes related to women and children.

The House of Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden since its foundation there in 1818. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905. Its founder, Charles XIV John of Sweden, was born in Pau in southern France as Jean Bernadotte. Bernadotte, who had been made a General of Division and Minister of War for his service in the French Army during the French Revolution, and Marshal of the French Empire and Prince of Ponte Corvo under Napoleon, was adopted by the elderly King Charles XIII of Sweden, who had no other heir and whose Holstein-Gottorp branch of the House of Oldenburg thus was soon to be extinct on the Swedish throne.

Louise of Sweden was Queen of Denmark from 1906 until 1912 as the spouse of King Frederick VIII.

Renata of Lorraine was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Duke William V.

Prince Carl Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland was a prince of Sweden and Norway.

Events from the year 1884 in Sweden

Events from the year 1888 in Sweden

Events from the year 1878 in Sweden

Events from the year 1871 in Sweden

Events from the year 1873 in Sweden

Events from the year 1912 in Sweden.

Events from the year 1850 in Sweden

Events from the year 1856 in Sweden

Events from the year 1857 in Sweden

Events from the year 1784 in Sweden