1901 in Sweden

Events from the year 1901 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Fredrik von Otter

Events

• 9–17 February – The first Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
• A military reform abolish the Allotment system with conscription.
• Women are given four weeks maternity leave.
• Foundation of the Swedish Union of Journalists.
• A name ordinance is put in legal effect, regulating the uses of first names, surnames and family names .

Popular culture

Theatre

• Easter (), play by August Strindberg.
• A Dream Play by August Strindberg.

Births

• February 23 – Ivar Lo-Johansson, writer (died 1990)
• 28 March – Princess Märtha of Sweden (died 1954)
• 13 June – Tage Erlander, politician (died 1985)
• 18 August – Arne Borg, swimmer (died 1979)
• 13 October – Irja Agnes Browallius, writer (died 1968)
• 20 October – Gustav Åkerman, army officer (died 1988)

Deaths

• 11 April – Ivar Hallström, composer (born 1826)
• 24 April – Arvid Posse, prime minister (born 1828)
• 5 May – Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in South-West Africa (born 1846)
• 12 August – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer (born 1832)
• 24 August – Gunnar Wennerberg, composer (born 1817)
• 10 September - Emanuella Carlbeck, social reformer (born 1829)
• - Hilda Caselli, educational reformer (born 1836)
• - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (born 1838)

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