1913 in Sweden

Events from the year 1913 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Karl Staaff

Events

• 1 January – The National Board of Health and Welfare is founded
• 7–16 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
• 27 April – The Swedish Olympic Committee is established.
• Date unknown – Foundation of the Samfundet De Nio.

Births

• 16 February - Tage Holmberg, film editor (died 1989)
• 6 December - John Mikaelsson, Olympic racewalker (died 1987)

Deaths

• 2 February - Gustaf de Laval, engineer and inventor (born 1845)
• 2 February - Hans Hildebrand, archeologist (born 1842)
• 26 April – Eva Brag, journalist, novelist and poet (born 1829)
• Emma Schenson, photographer (born 1827)

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