1901 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 9â17 February â The first Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.[1]
- A military reform abolish the Allotment system with conscription.
- Women are given four weeks maternity leave.[2]
- Foundation of the Swedish Union of Journalists.
- A name ordinance is put in legal effect, regulating the uses of first names, surnames and family names .
Popular culture
Theatre
- Easter (Swedish: PÃ¥sk), play by August Strindberg.
- A Dream Play by August Strindberg.
Births
- February 23 â Ivar Lo-Johansson, writer (died 1990)[3]
- 28 March â Princess Märtha of Sweden (died 1954)
- 13 June â Tage Erlander, politician (died 1985)
- 18 August â Arne Borg, swimmer (died 1979)[4]
- 13 October â Irja Agnes Browallius, writer (died 1968)
- 20 October â Gustav à kerman, army officer (died 1988)
Deaths
- 11 April â Ivar Hallström, composer (born 1826)
- 24 April â Arvid Posse, prime minister (born 1828)
- 5 May â Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in South-West Africa (born 1846)
- 12 August â Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer (born 1832)
- 24 August â Gunnar Wennerberg, composer (born 1817)
- 10 September - Emanuella Carlbeck, social reformer (born 1829)
- - Hilda Caselli, educational reformer (born 1836)
- - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (born 1838)