1908 in Sweden

Events from the year 1908 in Sweden

← 1907 1906 1905 1908 in Sweden → 1909 1910 1911
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1908 Timeline of Swedish history

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)