1925 in Sweden explained

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

• 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)
• 14 September  - Ove Rainer, politician (died 1987)
• 4 November  - Folke Sundquist, actor (died 2009)
• 27 November  - Kurt Lundquist, runner (died 2011).^[5]

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).^[6]
• 2 June  - Emilia Broomé, politician (born 1866)
• 3 October  - Frigga Carlberg, women's rights activist (born 1851)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historia: Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester. Sveriges Radios. 2012-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220045/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3988&artikel=5295220. 2016-03-03. dead.
2. Web site: Bandyhistoria 1920–1943. Swedish Bandy Association. en. 30 June 2020. 4 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150604010716/http://www.svenskbandy.se/BANDY-INFO/FORBUNDET/Historikochstatistik/Historiskamilstolpar/Bandyhistoria1920-1943/. dead.
3. Web site: Arne Åhman. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/arne-ahman-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC. 6 October 2014.
4. Web site: Folke Eriksson. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/folke-eriksson-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC. 6 October 2014.
5. Web site: Kurt Lundquist. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/kurt-lundquist-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC. 6 October 2014.
6. Web site: Arvid Knöppel. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204521/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/arvid-knoppel-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC. 6 October 2014.