1938 in Sweden

Events from the year 1938 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

• 20 December – The Saltsjöbaden Agreement was signed between the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and the Swedish Employers Association.
• Sweden places 4th at the 1938 World Cup.
• Abortion Act of 1938 - Abortion in Sweden was legalized only if the mother's life was in danger, the mother was raped, or on eugenical grounds.

Births

• 28 January – Tomas Lindahl, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 9 March – Lill-Babs, schlager singer (d. 2018)
• 2 April – John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 2 June – Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, royal (d. 2026)
• 11 June – Leif Axmyr, convicted murderer (d. 2018)
• 20 September – Pia Lindström, television journalist
• 4 October – Per Odensten, novelist. (d. 2023)
• 31 December – Lena Cronqvist, artist (d. 2025)

Deaths

• 5 February – Axel Ljung, gymnast (born 1884).
• 14 April – Gillis Grafström, figure skater (born 1893).
• 31 October – August Gustafsson, tug-of-war competitor (born 1875).
• Alexandra Skoglund, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (born 1862)
• Augusta Andersson, restaurant owner (born 1856)

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