1928 in Sweden

Events from the year 1928 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman, Arvid Lindman

Events

• Judisk Tidskrift
• First official telephone line between Stockholm and New York is opened
• Swedish general election
• Johanneshovs IP was founded

Literature

• Anna Svärd, novel by Selma Lagerlöf

Sport

• 24–29 January – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm

Births

• 24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017)
• 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008)
• 29 June – Hans Cavalli-Björkman, lawyer
• 15 July – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989).
• 15 July – Hans Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player.
• 18 July – Stig Grybe, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017)
• 12 December – Ernst-Hugo JäregÃ¥rd, Swedish actor (d. 1998)
• 21 December – Stig Sjölin, boxer (died 1995).

Deaths

• 6 February - Amanda Christensen, seamstress and business person (born 1863)
• 21 June – Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, botanist (born 1856)
• 20 August – Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (born 1888)
• 13 September – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (born 1849)
• 27 November – Gunhild Rosén, ballerina and ballet master (born 1855)
• 16 December – Ebba De la Gardie, reporter (born 1867)

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