1924 in Sweden

Events from the year 1924 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Births

• 1 January – Lennart Magnusson, fencer (died 2011).
• 26 January – Alice Babs, singer and actress (died 2014)
• 7 March – Sven Hjertsson, footballer (died 1999).
• 3 June – Torsten Wiesel, neuroscientist
• 29 June – Eivor Alm, cross-country skier (died 2011).
• 13 August – Meta Velander, actress (died 2025)
• 15 August – Petrus Kastenman, equestrian (died 2013).
• 5 November – Ingrid Sandahl, gymnast (died 2011).

Deaths

• 27 February - Carolina Östberg, opera singer (born 1853)
• 28 February - Hanna Ouchterlony, Salvationist (born 1838)
• 13 May - Wilhelmine Schröder, royal favorite (born 1839)
• 21 December - Anna Hierta-Retzius, women's right activist (born 1841)

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