1912 in Sweden

Fandom sweden:1912

Incumbents

Monarch – Gustaf V
Prime Minister - Karl Staaff

Events

3 January – The Svenska Scoutförbundet is formed.
15 January – Sven Hedin's contribution to the Swedish defence issue, Ett varningsord, is published and distributed in one million copies.
2 April – The Swedish government puts forward a proposal for women's suffrage, but it is blocked by the FK.
28 April – A charity matinee is organised in Stockholm for the Swedish victims of the Titanic disaster.
5 May–22 July –The Olympic Games take place in Stockholm.
8 May – The Swedish Parliament decides to establish the National Board of Health and Welfare from 1 January 1913.
19 May – August Strindberg is buried, and large crowds line the cortege route. Nathan Söderblom officiates at the funeral, which takes place at the 'Nya kyrkogården' in Stockholm.
1 June – The Stockholm Olympic Stadium, designed by Torben Grut, is inaugurated for the Olympic Games.
2 August – A Swedish study shows that farm trade has increased so much that other trade is suffering.
16 August – The first Swedish aerial photograph is presented.
16 August – Swedish Televerket starts to offer the Lyxtelegram service.
17 September – The Pentecostal church in Skövde is founded as one of the first Pentecostal churches in Sweden.
27 September – 42-year-old Swedish engineer and inventor Gustaf Dalén, director of AGA since 1909, loses his eyesight when an experiment goes wrong.
6 October – DN organises a competition for Sweden's most popular names. Erik wins before Karl, Margit and Anna.
14 November – Erik Axel Karlfeldt is appointed Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.
1 December – The first stage of the Inlandsbanan railway, Östersund-Strömsund, opens for traffic in Sweden.
1 December – The tradition of using Advent stars was introduced in Sweden by Sven Erik Aurelius' wife Julia.
10 December – Gustaf Dalén wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the automatic lighthouse.

Births

6 January – Johnny Bode, composer
8 January – Folke Hamrin, actor
16 January – Frank Sundström, actor
23 January – Manne Grünberger, actor
26 January – Gösta Kjellertz, singer
1 February – Rolf Gülich, motorcycle rider
12 February – Thore Christiansen, singer
17 February – Birgit Lennartsson, actor and singer
18 February – Bo Hederström, actor
18 February – Bengt Lissegårdh, artist
28 February – Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Swedish prince
12 March – Sixten Sason, industrial designer
18 March – Henrik Dyfverman, actor and television producer
22 March – Per-Erik Rundquist, novelist and poet
1 April – Sven-Otto Lindqvist, actor
2 April – Sigvard Törnqvist, rider and composer
7 April – Sven Bertil Norberg, actor
20 April – Erik Larsson, cross-country skier
4 May – Britta Brunius, actress
7 May – Rune Landsberg, actor
8 May – Dagny Carlsson, blogger
21 May – Sven Melin, actor and singer
21 May – Lille Bror Söderlundh, composer and singer
21 May – Ingmar Ström, author and bishop
29 June – Bertil Sjödin, actor
6 July – Ruth Moberg, actor and opera singer
11 July – Aino Taube, actor
14 July – Per-Martin Hamberg, composer, scriptwriter, director, author and radio producer
4 August – Raoul Wallenberg, architech, businessman and diplomat
8 August – Ilse-Nore Tromm, actress
25 August – Marta Lindberg, social democratic politician
9 September – Marianne Zetterström, author and journalist
21 September – Gösta Björling, opera singer
29 September – Sture Ericson, actor and director
6 October – Karin Albihn, actress
22 October – Henrik Sandblad, historian
14 November – Åke Jensen, actor and singer
27 November – Birgit Rosengren, actress
21 December – Brita Appelgren, actress and ballet dancer

Deaths

14 May - August Strindberg, writer
Lotten von Kræmer, writer and philanthropist