1927 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman

Events

• The Volvo car manufacturing company was founded in Gothenburg, as a subsidiary to the Swedish ball bearing factory AB.
• Forex Bank established
• The Norra Kvill National Park established.

Arts and culture

• The comic strip Kronblom was created by Elov Persson

Births

• 30 January - Olof Palme, politician
• 30 April - Lars Hall, modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 1952 and 1956.
• 7 May - Åke Hansson, footballer
• 25 June - Kjell Tånnander, Swedish decathlete
• 22 November - Gullan Bornemark, musician

Deaths

• 7 July - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, mathematician
• 19 August - Johan Edman, tug-of-war competitor.
• 2 October - Svante Arrhenius, scientist
• 24 December - Karl Oskar Medin, paediatrician