1920 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
Years: | 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 |
Events from the year 1920 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 4-17 September – the Swedish general election, 1920
- The local social democratic women's clubs of Sweden is organised in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden.
- Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights.[1]
Sports
- August/September – at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Sweden won 64 Olympic medals, including nineteen gold medals.[2]
Births
- 17 April – Bengt Anderberg, writer.[3][4]
- 31 October – Gunnar Gren, footballer (died 1991).[5]
Deaths
- 7 April – Hildegard Björck, scholar (born 1847)
- 10 April - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (born 1835)
- 20 November – Ida Göthilda Nilsson, sculptor (born 1840)
- 27 October - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (born 1850)
- Anna Rönström, educator and mathematician (born 1847)
References
- ↑ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- ↑ "1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Författaren Bengt Anderberg är död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Bengt Anderberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gunnar Gren". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
External links
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