1908 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1908 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman

Events

• 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
• 11 December - The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is founded in Sundsvall.^[1]
• - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm
• - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.^[2]
• - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation.

Births

• 21 January Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (died 1987)
• 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster (died 1967)

Deaths

• Amalia Planck, entrepreneur (born 1834)
• 8 June - Frans Hedberg, dramatist (born 1828)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historik Svenska Skidförbundet. Swedish Ski Association. sv. 30 June 2020. 9 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150309084358/http://www.skidor.com/SvenskaSkidforbundet/OmSkidforbundet/HistorikSSF/. dead.
2. Dahlgren, Johanna (2007). Kvinnor i polistjänst (PDF). Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish) (Department of Historical Studies, Umeå University). . Retrieved 17 August 2015.