1925 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 January â First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: AB Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio) broadcasts its first programme. Gaston Borch conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music.[1]
- 25 January â Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister because of ill health and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler.
- 5 April â The Swedish Bandy Association is founded in Stockholm out of the Swedish Football Association's former bandy section.[2]
Births
- 4 February â Arne à hman, triple jumper, Olympic champion in 1948.[3]
- 27 April â Folke Eriksson, water polo player (died 2008).[4]
- 2 May â Inga Gill, film actress (died 2000)
- 10 May â Hasse Jeppson, footballer
- 24 May â Mai Zetterling, film actress and director (died 1994)
- 11 July â Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (died 2017)[5]
- 14 September â Ove Rainer, politician (died 1987)
- 4 November â Folke Sundquist, actor (died 2009)
- 27 November â Kurt Lundquist, runner (died 2011).[6]
Deaths
- 14 February â Signe Hebbe, opera singer (born 1837)
- 24 February â Hjalmar Branting, 19th Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1860)
- 8 March â Arvid Knöppel, sport shooter (born 1867).[7]
- 2 June â Emilia Broomé, politician (born 1866)
- 3 October â Frigga Carlberg, women's rights activist (born 1851)