1881 in Sweden

Events from the year 1881 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Arvid Posse

Events

• - Åre railway station opened
• - Malexander Church

Births

• 26 May – Sten Dehlgren, military officer and newspaper editor (d. 1947).
• 8 July – Ruth Gustafson, social democrat, politician, social reformer (died 1960)
• 9 July – Arvid Andersson, tug-of-war competitor (died 1956).
• 29 August – Johan Hübner von Holst, sport shooter (died 1945).
• 5 October – Florence Stephens, heiress and landowner (died 1979)
• 18 November – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (died 1966).

Deaths

• 26 march - Lovisa Åhrberg, surgeon and doctor (born 1801)
• - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (born 1804)

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