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.Wåhlberg, Per Arne: Cirkus i Sverige : bidrag till vårt lands kulturhistoria. Stockholm Carlsson 1992.
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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