1908 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman

Events

• 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
• 11 December - The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is founded in Sundsvall.
• - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm
• - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.
• - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation.

Births

• 21 January Bengt Strömgren, astronomer
• 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster

Deaths

• Amalia Planck, entrepreneur
• 8 June - Frans Hedberg, dramatist