1927 in Sweden

Events from the year 1927 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman

Events

• The Volvo car manufacturing company was founded in Gothenburg, as a subsidiary to the Swedish ball bearing factory AB.
• Forex Bank established
• The Norra Kvill National Park established.

Arts and culture

• The comic strip Kronblom was created by Elov Persson

Births

• 30 January – Olof Palme, politician (died 1986)
• 30 April – Lars Hall, modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 1952 and 1956 (died 1991).
• 7 May – Åke Hansson, footballer
• 25 June – Kjell TÃ¥nnander, Swedish decathlete
• 22 November – Gullan Bornemark, musician

Deaths

• 7 July – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, mathematician (born 1846)
• 19 August – Johan Edman, tug-of-war competitor (born 1875).
• 2 October – Svante Arrhenius, scientist (born 1859)
• 24 December – Karl Oskar Medin, paediatrician (born 1847)

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