Events from the year 1803 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf
Events
- The land reform Enskiftet is enforced in all Scania. - The Yellow Rose (society) is exposed and banned by the monarch, leading to the end of all secret masonic lodges at the royal court.
Births
8 June - Amalia Assur, first female dentist (died 1889) 16 May – Amelie von Strussenfelt, writer (died 1847) 25 November – Sofia Ahlbom, artist (died 1868) 26 November – Wilhelmina Stålberg, writer (died 1886) – Evelina Stading, painter (died 1872) – Isak Albert Berg, singer, composer (died 1886)
Deaths
1 February – Anders Chydenius, leading classical liberal of Nordic history (born 1729) 12 December - Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden, prince (born 1750) 27 August - Peter Gustaf Tengmalm, naturalist (born 1754) - Erika Liebman, poet and scholar (born 1738)