1939 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1939 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

• 31 August – The Sandö Bridge collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.^[1]
• The secret intelligence agency C-byrån established.^[2]
• The Åhlinska skolan is closed.

Literature

• Pelle Svanslös på äventyr by Gösta Knutsson, the first book in the Pelle Svanslös children's book series

Births

• 15 January  - Per Ahlmark, writer and politician
• 25 January - Gabriel Romanus, politician
• 21 February - Börje Ahlstedt, actor
• 30 June - Anna-Greta Leijon, politician (d. 2024)
• 28 July  - Gösta Ekman, actor, comedian, and director
• 2 September - Ivar Jacobson, computer scientist and software engineer

Deaths

• 12 January  - Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (born 1886).^[3]
• 16 May  - Anders Lindstedt mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the Poincaré–Lindstedt method (born 1854)
• 29 May  - Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (born 1888).^[4]
• 18 December  - Bruno Liljefors, painter (born 1860)

Full date missing

• Olof Olsson, politician (born 1872).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: När Sandöbron över Ångermanälven rasade . sverigesradio.se . sv . 15 June 2013 . 6 March 2023.
2. Encyclopedia: Pryser. Tore. Tore Pryser. . C-byrån . no . . . . . . 1995 . Cappelen . Oslo . 82-02-14138-9 .
3. Web site: Hugo Jahnke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204459/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/hugo-jahnke-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
4. Web site: Åke Lundeberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/ake-lundeberg-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
5. Encyclopedia: Olof Olsson . . sv . 22 June 2019.