1941 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1941 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• 20 January - The first trolleybus line in Stockholm begins to operate.^[1]
• 4 March - British commandos carry out attacks on Narvik, Norway via Sweden
• 25 June - 163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) starts to travel through Sweden.
• 17 September- Swedish navy experiences its worst disaster ever in Harsfjarden^[2]

Births

• 3 February - Monica Nordquist, actress (died 2017)
• 13 February - Bo Svenson, actor
• 28 April - Ann-Margret, actress
• 9 July - Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, modern pentathlete
• 13 September - Jan-Åke Edvinsson, ice hockey administrator (died 2022)

Deaths

• 3 January - Henning Ohlson, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 8 April – Gulli Petrini, women's rights activist (b. 1867)
• 3 May – Selma Ek, operatic soprano (b. 1856)
• 15 May – Anna Lindhagen, politician (b. 1870)

See also

• Timeline of Sweden during World War II
• History of Sweden

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stockholm. Swedish Tramway Society. Swedish. 27 June 2022.
2. Web site: Adrian English . 2022-07-19 . www.histarmar.com.ar.