Events from the year 1831 in Sweden

• Monarch – Charles XIV John

• 22 August - The premier of Nornan by Julia Nyberg at the Royal Swedish Opera i Stockholm.^[1]
• - Inauguration of Wallinska skolan in Stockholm.
• - Lunds Studentsångförening is created
• - First issue of Vestmanlands Läns Tidning

• 16 March – Elise Hwasser, actress (died 1894)
• 28 August - Ludvig Norman, composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (died 1885)
• 14 November - Betty Deland, actress (died 1882)

• 18 July – Adolf Fredrik Munck, royal favorite (born 1749)
• Charlotta Richardy, industrialist (born 1751)