1911 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1911 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
- 27 April – The film Stockholmsfrestelser by Anna Hofman-Uddgren, the first movie by a female director in Sweden.
- 11 June – The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance is held in Stockholm.[1]
- 3-24 September - The first election with universal suffrage for men.[2]
- 7 October – 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.[3]
- Date unknown – The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is renamed the Swedish Ski Association.[4]
- Date unknown - Start of the Swedish intervention in Persia.
Births
- 15 January – Gösta Bohman, politician (died 1997)
- 5 February - Jussi Björling, operatic tenor (died 1960)
Deaths
- 28 January – Wilhelmina Fundin, operatic soprano (died 1819)
- 8 February – 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)
References
- ↑ Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn; Harper, Ida Husted (1922). History of Woman Suffrage: 1900–1920 (Public domain ed.). Fowler & Wells.
- ↑ "The development of democracy in Sweden". www.riksdagen.se. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "History of Sweden - Sweden in the 20th century | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2026-01-11. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "Historik Svenska Skidförbundet" (in Swedish). Swedish Ski Association. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2020.