1921 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 30 January â IFK Uppsala defeats Berliner SC, 4â1, in front of 2 022 spectators at the Stockholm Stadium when the first ice hockey game in Sweden is played.[1]
- 10â26 September â the 1921 Swedish general election, which was the first Swedish election held under universal suffrage. The first women are elected to the parliament: Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Ãstlund (Social Democrat) Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) and Bertha Wellin (Conservative) in the Lower chamber, and Kerstin Hesselgren in the Upper chamber.
- Foundation of Svenska Kvinnors Medborgarförbund.
Births
- 3 January â Gunnar Eriksson, cross country skier (died 1982).[2]
- 22 February â Sune Andersson, footballer (died 2002).[3]
- 29 April â Bert Lundin, union leader (died 2018)
- 13 July â Git Gay, actress, singer and revue director (died 2007).
- 31 July â Tore Sjöstrand, runner (died 2011).[4]
- 3 August â Birgitta Arman, actress (died 2007).
- 15 September â Nils Rydström, fencer (died 2018)
- 6 October â Egon Jönsson, footballer (died 2000).
Deaths
- 11 March â Hulda Lundin, tailor and educator (born 1847)
- 20 November â Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, operatic soprano (born 1843)
- â Ellen Bergman, musician (born 1842)
- â Lilly Engström, civil servant (born 1843)
- - Hilda Sandels, opera singer (born 1830)