1941 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1941 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
- King – Gustaf V
- Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson
- Cabinet –
- * Minister for Justice – Karl Gustaf Westman
- * Minister for Foreign Affairs – Christian Günther
- * Minister for Foreign Trade –
- ** Fritiof Domö
- ** Hermann Eriksson
- *Minister for Defence – Per Edvin Sköld
- *Minister for Health and Social Affairs – Gustav Möller
- *Minister for Finance – Ernst Wigforss
- *Minister for Rural Affairs – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
- *Minister for Infrastructure – Gustaf Andersson
Events
- Enskilda Bank receives $4.5M from Germany & allegedly acts as a purchasing agent for German bonds and securities.
- 20 January - The first trolleybus line in Stockholm begins to operate.
- 22 January - Victor Hasselblad registers the Hasselblad Camera Company
- 4 March - British commandos carry out attacks on Narvik, Norway via Sweden
- 22 June - Midsummer crisis: Political crisis over the start of Operation Barbarossa
- 25 June - 163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) starts to travel through Sweden.
- July - A fully-equipped German division crosses Sweden from Norway to Finland.
- 17 September - Swedish navy experiences its worst disaster ever in Harsfjarden
Births
- 3 February - Monica Nordquist, actress
- 13 February - Bo Svenson, actor
- 28 April - Ann-Margret, actress
- 15 June - Essy Persson, actress
- 19 June - Magnus Harenstram, actor
- 9 July - Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, modern pentathlete
- 13 September - Jan-Åke Edvinsson, ice hockey administrator
- 29 September - Thomas Hellberg, actor
Deaths
- 3 January - Henning Ohlson, playwright and screenwriter
- 8 April – Gulli Petrini, women's rights activist
- 3 May – Selma Ek, operatic soprano
- 15 May – Anna Lindhagen, politician