1911 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 27 April â The film Stockholmsfrestelser by Anna Hofman-Uddgren, the first movie by a female director in Sweden.
- 11 June â The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance is held in Stockholm.[1]
- 7 October â Liberal leader Karl Staaff returns as Prime Minister of Sweden after a Riksdag election victory based on the promises of defense cuts and social reforms.
- 1911 Liberal policy focused on decrease in military expenditure. This led to conflict between Staaf and King Gustav V.[2]
- Date unknown â The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is renamed the Swedish Ski Association.[3]
- Date unknown - Start of the Swedish intervention in Persia.
Births
- 15 January â Gösta Bohman, politician (died 1997)
- 5 February - Jussi Björling, operatic tenor (died 1960)
Deaths
- 28 January â Wilhelmina Fundin, operatic soprano (died 1819)
- 8 February â Gustaf Fröding, poet and writer (born 1860)
- 10 March - Elsa Eschelsson, first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws (born 1861)
- 8 May - Rosalie Fougelberg, dentist (born 1841)
- 7 October - Hilda Lund, ballerina (born 1840)