Events from the year 1933 in

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Incumbents

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– Gustaf V *

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Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived ...

Events

* 1933 - Social Democratic Party's Agreement with the Agrarian Party - The Social Democrats evolved from a purely class party to a broader party for ordinary people by the agreement with the Agrarian Party in 1933

Popular culture

Sports

* 11–12 February – The ladies and pairs

1933 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. Men's competitions took from place February 18 to 19 i ...

took place in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Births

* 14 February –

Jan Mårtenson Jan Per Gösta Mårtenson (born 14 February 1933) is a Swedish diplomat who is also famous as the author of some fifty Swedish crime novels. Biography Mårtenson has served as Head of the Secretariat for the King of Sweden many years. Jan Mårte ...

, diplomat and crime novelist * 11 March – Sivar Nordström, orienteering competitor, co-founder of

O-Ringen The O-Ringen (previously called the “Swedish 5 days”) is an orienteering competition that takes place annually in different areas of Sweden. Orienteers from all over the world come to the competition. For orienteers around the world a trip ...

(died 2013). * 19 May – Carl Billquist, actor (died 1993). * 12 June – Ivar Nilsson, speed skater. * 13 June – Börje Carlsson, sailor. * 13 June – Sven-Olov Sjödelius, sprint canoer. * 24 June –

Lars Wohlin Lars Magnus Wohlin (24 June 1933 – 24 September 2018)Tidigare riks ...

, politician * 11 July –

Per Myrberg Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math a ...

, singer and actor (died 2023) * 12 August –

Anita Gradin Anita Gradin (12 August 1933 – 23 May 2022) was a Swedish politician and ambassador. She was the Minister with responsibility for immigrant and equality affairs at the Ministry of Labour in Sweden from 1982 to 1986. She was Minister of Foreig ...

, politician * 27 August –

Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Life and career Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to ps ...

, novelist. * 6 September –

Axel Leijonhufvud Axel Leijonhufvud (6 September 1933 – 2 May 2022)
of the original. was a Swedi ...

, economist (died 2022)

Deaths

* 7 April - Jenny Brandt, ballerina (born 1867). * 26 July –

Emil Magnusson Emil Magnusson (23 November 1887 – 26 July 1933) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in S ...

, discus thrower (born 1887).

Exact date missing

Axel Hamberg Axel Hamberg (17 January 1863 – 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer and explorer. Biography Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (18 ...

, mineralogist, geographer, Arctic explorer (born 1863). * Axel Jungstedt, painter (born 1859). * -

Alma Åkermark Alma Mathilda Åkermark (11 June 1853, Forshälla parish – 4 June 1933, Oscar Fredriks parish) was a Swedish editor, feminist, writer, journalist and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder of the radical feminist women's paper '' Framåt ...

, feminist and editor (born

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ...

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References

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