1923 in Sweden

Events from the year 1923 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger

Events

• 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition.
• The Equal Competence Law, granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden.

Births

• 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014).
• 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985).
• 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007).
• 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009).
• 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006).
• 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher.

Deaths

• 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824)
• 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828)
• 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849)
• 7 December - Clementine Swartz, actress (born 1835)
• 11 December - Kata Dalström, politician (born 1835)

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