1909 in Sweden

← 1908 1907 1906 1909 in Sweden → 1910 1911 1912
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1909 Timeline of Swedish history

Police officers guard streetcars during the general strike.

Events from the year 1909 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman

Events

• 6–14 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. ^[1]
• 4 August to 4 September – Swedish General Strike (The Great Strike of 1909)
  • Introduction of the 8-hour day at the end of 1910s ^[2]
• 10 December – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first woman to be given the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The right for women to vote in municipal elections are extended to include married women, and women are made eligible to municipal councils. ^[3]
• The phrase "Swedish man" is removed from the application forms to public offices and women are thereby approved as applicants to most public professions. ^[4]

Births

• 12 January – Barbro Alving, reporter (died 1987)
• 21 March – Miff Görling, bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (died 1988).
• 20 July – Sigfrid Heyner, Olympic swimmer (died 1995)

Deaths

• 1 January – Ivar Arosenius, painter (born 1878)
• Elsa Borg, social worker (born 1826)
• Hanna Hammarström, industrialist (born 1829)

References

1. Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473. ISBN   0-7864-1026-4.
2. Schön, Lennart (2012). An economic history of modern Sweden. London: Routledge. p. 233. ISBN   9780415671309.
3. Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 15. Kromat - Ledvätska
4. "Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Akademikeryrken". Ub.gu.se. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2013-10-07.