1931 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 14 May â The à dalen shootings: During a general strike in à dalen, military troops fired gunshots into a crowd of demonstrants. Five persons were killed in the massacre, and five were injured.[1][2]
Births
- 24 January â Lars Hörmander, mathematician (died 2012)
- 31 March â Göran Printz-PÃ¥hlson, writer (died 2006)
- 15 April â Tomas Tranströmer, poet (died 2015)
- 23 June â Ola Ullsten, politician (died 2018)
- 16 July â Kjell Hansson, Olympic rower (died 2019)
- 23 July â Jan Troell, filmmaker
- 28 August â Sven Tumba, ice hockey player (died 2011).[3]
- 16 December â Lasse Björn, ice hockey player (died 2024)[4]
Deaths
1930
- 8 April â Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (born 1864)
- 26 May â Anna Sandström, feminist
- 16 June â Lucie Lagerbielke, writer and painter (born 1865).[5]
- 12 July â Nathan Söderblom, clergyman, archbishop (born 1866)
- 13 October â Ernst Didring, writer (born 1868)