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Events from the year 1953 in
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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 VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Ado ...
* Prime Minister – Tage Erlander
Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and led the government for an uninterrupted tenur ...
Events
*8 September – The first motorway in Sweden is inaugurated, and runs between Malmö andLund
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...
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Births
* 27 January –Göran Flodström
Göran Flodström (born 27 January 1953) is a Swedish fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team.
Flodström represented Djurgårdens IF
Djurgà ...
, fencer.
* 18 April – Bernt Johansson, cyclist.
Exact date unknown
* Eva Runefelt
Eva Virginia Runefelt (born 1953) is a Swedish novelist and poet. She made her literary debut in 1975, with the novel ''I svackan''. Her poetry collections include ''En kommande tid av livet'' from 1975 and ''Mjuka mörkret'' from 1997. She was aw ...
, novelist.
* Niklas Rådström
Niklas Rådström (born 12 April 1953) is one of Sweden's most noted and prolific contemporary poets, novelists and playwrights. He is the son of the author Pär Rådström and theater director Anne Marie Rådström.
Poetry
Rådström made his de ...
, poet.
Deaths
* 3 April РAlgot L̦nn, cyclist (born1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 РLouis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Acad̩mie Nationale de M̩decine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
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* 22 May РHanna Gr̦nvall
Johanna Kristina "Hanna" Grönvall (10 December 1879 in Västra Sallerup, Malmöhus län – 22 May 1953) was a Swedish politician (Swedish Social Democratic Party) and trade union worker. She played a major role in the improvement of the working ...
, politician and trade union worker (born 1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
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* 5 August – Sven Johansson, canoer (born 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
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* 7 August – Anna Johansson-Visborg
Anna Johansson-Visborg (10 November 1876 – 7 August 1953) was a Swedish trade Trade union, union leader, women's rights activist and politician with the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
Biography
Anna Sofia Johansson-Visborg was born to ...
, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (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 ...
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* Amanda Horney
Amanda Horney (1857–1953), was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).Anne-Marie Lindgren & Marika Lindgren Åsbrink: Systrar kamrater! Arbetarrörelsens kvinnliga pionjärer'. Stockholm 2007 She belonged to the pioneers of the labour movement ...
, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (born 1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Janua ...
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References
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Years of the 20th century in Sweden