1891 in Sweden

Events from 1891 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm, Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

• 15 February – Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• 12 March – DjurgÃ¥rdens IF (DIF) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• 10 July – Erik Gustaf Boström becomes Prime Minister
• Göteborgs högskola established
• AIK Bandy
• DjurgÃ¥rdens IF Bandy
• Skansen
• Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union
• Under röd flagg
• Ursholmen

Births

• 23 May – Pär Lagerkvist, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
• 1 July – Sten Selander, botanist and fiction writer (died 1957).
• 2 July – Karin Kock-Lindberg, politician (died 1976)
• 3 September – Curt Hartzell, gymnast (died 1975).
• 13 October – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (died 1958).
• 28 November – Gustaf Dyrssen, military officer (died 1981).

Deaths

• 11 January Carl Johan Thyselius politician (born 1811)
• 6 September – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (born 1826)

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