1931 in Sweden

Events from the year 1931 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• 14 May – The Ådalen shootings: During a general strike in Ådalen, military troops fired gunshots into a crowd of demonstrants. Five persons were killed in the massacre, and five were injured.

Births

• 24 January – Lars Hörmander, mathematician (died 2012)
• 31 March – Göran Printz-PÃ¥hlson, writer (died 2006)
• 15 April – Tomas Tranströmer, poet (died 2015)
• 23 June – Ola Ullsten, politician (died 2018)
• 16 July – Kjell Hansson, Olympic rower (died 2019)
• 23 July – Jan Troell, filmmaker
• 28 August – Sven Tumba, ice hockey player (died 2011).
• 16 December – Lasse Björn, ice hockey player (died 2024)

Deaths

• 8 April – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (born 1864)
• 26 May – Anna Sandström, feminist
• 16 June – Lucie Lagerbielke, writer and painter (born 1865).
• 12 July – Nathan Söderblom, clergyman, archbishop (born 1866)
• 13 October – Ernst Didring, writer (born 1868)

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