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See also:	Other events of 1874; Timeline of Swedish history;

Events from the year 1874 in Sweden

Incumbents

27 April – Hildegard Björck becomes the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree.
In accordance with the recommendations of the progressive Girls' School Committee of 1866, girls' schools which meet the demands are given governmental support.^[1]
In accordance with the Girls' School Committee of 1866, Wallinska skolan becomes the first girls' school permitted to administer the studentexamen for its students.^[2]
Married women granted control over their own income.^[3]
The inauguration of the Grand Hôtel (Stockholm).
Foundation of the Långholmen Prison
Maria Stenkula opens the Malmö högre läroverk för flickor
Establishment of the Prästerskapets Änke- och Pupillkassa, a retirement fund for widows of priests.
Foundation of the Swedish Publicists' Association.
Foundation of the Friends of Handicraft.

11 February – Elsa Beskow, author and illustrator (died 1954)
13 February – Elsa Lindberg, Swedish writer and princess of Persia (died 1944)^[4]
5 July – Anna Lang, harpist (died 1920)

11 February – Zelma Hedin, stage actress (born 1827)
23 March – Gertrud Ahlgren, cunning woman and natural healer (born 1782)
21 June – Anders Jonas Ångström physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy^[5] (born 1814)
6 November – Anders Selinder, ballet master (born 1806)

^ Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. [Swedish Girl School in the 19th-century] Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN
^ Evelina Wilhelmina Fahnehjelm, urn:sbl:15001, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2015-05-11.
^ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
^ Åhlen, Bengt (1945). Svensk bokkalender 1945: En översikt över 1944 års bokutgivning (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögre. p. 82. OCLC 924316513.
^ Murdin, P. (November 2000). "Angstrom". Bibcode:2000eaa..bookE4594.. doi:10.1888/0333750888/4594. ISBN 0333750888. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)