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1939 in Sweden
Events from the year
1939 in
Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Gustaf V
Prime Minister
âÂÂ
Per Albin Hansson
Events
31 August â The
Sandö Bridge
collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.
The secret intelligence agency
C-byrÃÂ¥n
established.
The
ÃÂ hlinska skolan
is closed.
Literature
Pelle Svanslös pÃÂ¥ äventyr
by
Gösta Knutsson
, the first book in the
Pelle Svanslös
children's book series
Births
15 January –
Per Ahlmark
, writer and politician
25 January -
Gabriel Romanus
, politician
21 February -
Börje Ahlstedt
, actor
30 June -
Anna-Greta Leijon
, politician (d. 2024)
28 July –
Gösta Ekman
, actor, comedian, and director
2 September -
Ivar Jacobson
, computer scientist and software engineer
Deaths
12 January –
Hugo Jahnke
, gymnast (born 1886).
16 May –
Anders Lindstedt
mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the
PoincaréâÂÂLindstedt method
(born 1854)
29 May –
ÃÂ ke Lundeberg
, sport shooter (born 1888).
18 December –
Bruno Liljefors
, painter (born 1860)
Full date missing
Olof Olsson
, politician (born 1872).
References