1926 in Sweden

Events from the year 1926 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Rickard Sandler, Carl Gustaf Ekman

Events

• 6–14 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.

Births

• 24 April – Thorbjörn Fälldin, politician
• 21 May – Gustaf Lindh, modern pentathlete
• 5 June – Kerstin Gellerman, politician

Exact date missing

• Lars Ardelius, psychologist and novelist.
• Hans Granlid, novelist and literary historian (died 1999).
• Rita Tornborg, novelist and short story writer.

Deaths

• 14 May – Adolf Bergman, tug-of-war competitor (born 1879).
• 23 May – Sigrid Elmblad, writer and translator (born 1860)
• 26 July – Olle Lanner, gymnast (born 1884).
• Wilhelmina Skogh
• Ellen Key
• Olga Sandberg

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