1901 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1901 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- 9–17 February – The first Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
- A military reform abolish the Allotment system with conscription.
- Women are given four weeks maternity leave.
- Foundation of the Swedish Union of Journalists.
- A name ordinance is put in legal effect, regulating the uses of first names, surnames and family names.
Popular culture
Theatre
Easter, play by August Strindberg. A Dream Play by August Strindberg.Births
- February 23 - Ivar Lo-Johansson, writer
- 28 March - Princess Märtha of Sweden
- 13 June - Tage Erlander, politician
- 18 August - Arne Borg, swimmer
- 13 October - Irja Agnes Browallius, writer
- 20 October - Gustav Åkerman, army officer
Deaths
- 11 April - Ivar Hallström, composer
- 24 April - Arvid Posse, prime minister
- 5 May - Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in South-West Africa
- 12 August - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer
- 24 August - Gunnar Wennerberg, composer
- 10 September - Emanuella Carlbeck, social reformer
- - Hilda Caselli, educational reformer
- - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor