1927 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- The Volvo car manufacturing company was founded in Gothenburg, as a subsidiary to the Swedish ball bearing factory AB.
- Forex Bank established
- The Norra Kvill National Park established.[1]
Arts and culture
- The comic strip Kronblom was created by Elov Persson
Births
- 30 January â Olof Palme, politician (died 1986)
- 30 April â Lars Hall, modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 1952 and 1956 (died 1991).[2]
- 7 May â Ã ke Hansson, footballer
- 25 June â Kjell TÃ¥nnander, Swedish decathlete
- 22 November â Gullan Bornemark, musician
Deaths
- 7 July â Gösta Mittag-Leffler, mathematician (born 1846)
- 19 August â Johan Edman, tug-of-war competitor (born 1875).[3]
- 2 October â Svante Arrhenius, scientist (born 1859)
- 24 December â Karl Oskar Medin, paediatrician (born 1847)