Events from the year 1939 in
Sweden
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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Gustaf V
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxem ...
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Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
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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
*31 August – The
Sandö Bridge
The Sandö Bridge ( sv, Sandöbron) is a concrete arch bridge crossing the Ångerman River in Kramfors Municipality in northern Sweden. It has a free span of 264 meters and is 42 meters above the water.
The surrounding area is often referred to as ...
collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.
* The secret intelligence agency
C-byrån
C-byrån ("C bureau") was a Swedish secret intelligence agency established in 1939, sorting under the Swedish Armed Forces. It was led by Major Carl Petersén. During World War II C-byrån organized operations in the German-occupied Norway and O ...
established.
* The ''
Ã…hlinska skolan
Ã…hlinska skolan (Ã…hlin School), or Ã…hlinska flickskolan (Ã…hlin Girls' School), was a girls' school in Stockholm, Sweden. Active from 1847 to 1939, it was one of the first schools in Sweden that offered serious academic education to female stud ...
'' is closed.
Literature
*''Pelle Svanslös på äventyr'' by
Gösta Knutsson
Gösta Lars August Knutsson (original surname Johansson; 12 October 1908, in Stockholm – 4 April 1973) was a Swedish radio producer and writer of a popular series of children's books about the cat ''Pelle Svanslös''.
Gösta Knutsson was born ...
, the first book in the
Pelle Svanslös
Pelle Svanslös (English: Peter-No-Tail (film version) or Pelle No-Tail (book version)) is a fictional anthropomorphic cat created by the Swedish people, Swedish author Gösta Knutsson and a children's literature, children's book series about hi ...
children's book series
Births
* 15 January –
Per Ahlmark
Per Axel Ahlmark (15 January 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Swedish politician and writer. He was the leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1975 to 1978, and Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government from 1976 ...
, writer and politician
* 25 January -
Gabriel Romanus
Lars Gabriel Romanus (born 25 January 1939) is a Swedish liberal politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create ...
, politician
* 21 February -
Börje Ahlstedt
Nils Börje Ahlstedt (born 21 February 1939) is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982), ''The Best Intentions'' (1992), '' Sunday's Children'' (1992) a ...
, actor
* 30 June -
Anna-Greta Leijon
Anna-Greta Leijon (born Anna Margareta Maria Lejon, 30 June 1939) is a Swedish former social democratic politician. She held various ministerial posts one of which was the minister for justice although she does not have any degree in law.
Early ...
, politician (d. 2024)
* 28 July –
Gösta Ekman
Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director.
Career
Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented t ...
, actor, comedian, and director
* 2 September -
Ivar Jacobson
Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (born 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development and Essence.
Biography
Ivar Jacobson w ...
, computer scientist and software engineer
Deaths
* 12 January –
Hugo Jahnke
Hugo Jahnke (March 6, 1886 in Stockholm – January 12, 1939) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an internat ...
, gymnast (born 1886).
* 16 May –
Anders Lindstedt
Anders Lindstedt (27 June 1854 – 16 May 1939) was a Swedish mathematician, astronomer, and actuarial scientist, known for the Lindstedt-Poincaré method.
Life and work
Lindstedt was born in a small village in the district of Sundborn ...
mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the
Poincaré–Lindstedt method
In perturbation theory, the Poincaré–Lindstedt method or Lindstedt–Poincaré method is a technique for uniformly approximating periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations, when regular perturbation approaches fail. The method remove ...
(born 1854)
* 29 May –
Ã…ke Lundeberg, sport shooter (born 1888).
* 18 December –
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wil ...
, painter (born 1860)
Full date missing
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Olof Olsson, politician (born 1872).
References
Sweden
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Years of the 20th century in Sweden
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