1920 in Sweden

← 1919 1918 1917 1920 in Sweden → 1921 1922 1923
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1920 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1920 in Sweden

Incumbents ^[1]

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Nils Edén, Hjalmar Branting, Gerhard Louis De Geer

Events

• The local social democratic women's clubs of Sweden is organised in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden.
• Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights. ^[2]
• 1 January - The Swedish Grace architecture style emerges. ^{[3] [4]}
• 14 August - Sweden wins 64 Olympic medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, including nineteen gold medals.
• 4 September - The 1920 Swedish general election is held.
• 31 December - The Silver Age of Swedish National Romanticism comes to an end. ^[5]

Births

Bengt Anderberg.

• 17 April – Bengt Anderberg, writer. ^{[6] [7]}
• 31 October – Gunnar Gren, footballer (died 1991). ^[8]

Deaths

• 7 April – Hildegard Björck, scholar, first woman in Sweden to gain a degree (born 1847)
• 10 April - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (born 1835)
• 21 June - Nanna Hoffman factory owner (born 1846)
• 10 August - Clara Lachmann, Danish-Swedish patron of the arts (born 1864) ^[9]
• 20 November – Ida Göthilda Nilsson, sculptor (born 1840)
• 27 October - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (born 1850)
• Anna Rönström, educator and mathematician (born 1847)
• Amanda Rylander, actress (born 1834)

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip, eds. (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (1. Auflage ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7.
2. Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
3. "~ 1920-1930: Tjugotalsklassicism". Sekelskifte. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. "Swedish Grace". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
5. Barton, H. Arnold (2002). "The Silver Age of Swedish National Romanticism, 1905-1920". Scandinavian Studies. 74 (4): 505–520. ISSN   0036-5637. JSTOR   40920403.
6. "Författaren Bengt Anderberg är död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
7. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Bengt Anderberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
8. "Gunnar Gren". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
9. Kjellander, Rune (1979). "Clara Lachmann". Dictionary of Swedish National Biography (in Swedish). Vol. 22. p. 23.

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