Events from the year 1944 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Incumbents

* Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister –

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

* 30 January – Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees is founded. * 11 April – Skirmish at Sövde

Births

* 17 January – Jan Guillou, author * 7 June – Erling Wicklund, Swedish-Norwegian trombonist, composer, and journalist (died 2019)

Deaths

* 5 July –

Torine Torines Torine Charlotta Torines, née ''Torissen'' (11 April 1876 in Linköping – 5 July 1944 in Stockholm), was a Swedish mechanic, known in contemporary Sweden as "The only female mechanic in Scandinavia" and "Doctor of the Sewing machines".Du Rietz, ...

, mechanic (born

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

) * 14 July – Emil Fjellström, actor (born

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

) * 8 October –

Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette Elsa Cecilia Maria Lindberg-Dovlette (13 February 1874 – 8 October 1944) was a Swedish people, Swedish writer and Qajar Iran, Persian princess, known for her stories from a harem, an environment little understood in Europe at the time. Born in S ...

, writer and princess of Persia (born

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

)

References

Years of the 20th century in Sweden

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