1925 in Sweden

← 1924 1923 1922 1925 in Sweden → 1926 1927 1928
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1925 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1925 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Rickard Sandler

Events

• 1 January – First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: AB Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio) broadcasts its first programme. Gaston Borch conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music. ^[1]
• 25 January – Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister because of ill health and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler.
• 5 April – The Swedish Bandy Association is founded in Stockholm out of the Swedish Football Association's former bandy section. ^[2]

Births

Hasse Jeppson.

• 4 February – Arne Åhman, triple jumper, Olympic champion in 1948. ^[3]
• 27 April – Folke Eriksson, water polo player (died 2008). ^[4]
• 2 May – Inga Gill, film actress (died 2000)
• 10 May – Hasse Jeppson, footballer
• 24 May – Mai Zetterling, film actress and director (died 1994)
• 11 July – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (died 2017) ^[5]
• 14 September – Ove Rainer, politician (died 1987)
• 4 November – Folke Sundquist, actor (died 2009)
• 27 November – Kurt Lundquist, runner (died 2011). ^[6]

Deaths

• 14 February – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (born 1837)
• 24 February – Hjalmar Branting, 19th Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1860)
• 8 March – Arvid Knöppel, sport shooter (born 1867). ^[7]
• 2 June – Emilia Broomé, politician (born 1866)
• 3 October – Frigga Carlberg, women's rights activist (born 1851)

References

1. "Historia: Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester". Sveriges Radios. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
2. "Bandyhistoria 1920–1943". Swedish Bandy Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
3. "Arne Åhman". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
4. "Folke Eriksson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
5. Alan Blyth (10 February 2017). "Nicolai Gedda obituary". Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
6. "Kurt Lundquist". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
7. "Arvid Knöppel". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2014.