Events from the year 1928 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...

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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 Luxe ...

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 i ...

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Carl Gustaf Ekman Carl Gustaf Ekman (6 October 1872 – 15 June 1945) was a Swedish politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1911 to 1932 (serving in both lower and upper houses), leader of the Freeminded People's Party between 1924 and 1932, and served as ...

Arvid Lindman Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1906 to 1911 and again from 1928 to 1930. He was also th ...

Events

Literature

* '' Anna Svärd'', novel by

Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, '' Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she wa ...

Sport

* 24–29 January – The

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include m ...

were held in Stockholm

Births

* 24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017) * 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008) * 29 June –

Hans Cavalli-Björkman Hans Cavalli-Björkman (29 June 1928 – 18 August 2020) was a Swedish Lawyer and former chairman of the Swedish Association football club Malmö FF, a post he held between 1975 and 1998.Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989). * 15 July –

Hans Andersson-Tvilling Hans Lennart Andersson-Tvilling (born 15 July 1928) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and footballer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1952 and finishing fourth in 1956 alongside his twin brother St ...

, footballer and ice hockey player. * 18 July –

Stig Grybe Stig Rudolf Grybe (18 July 1928 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, writer and film director."Grybe, Stig", bibliographical entry in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' Biography Grybe's debut as a film actor was in the 1947 film ''Få ...

, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017) * 12 December –

Ernst-Hugo Järegård Ernst-Hugo Alfred Järegård (12 December 1928 – 6 September 1998) was a Swedish actor. Biography Järegård was born in Ystad. He received his acting training at Malmö City Theatre. From 1962 he was an actor in Sweden's prominent Royal Dra ...

, Swedish actor (d.

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * 21 December –

Stig Sjölin Stig Karl Olof Sjölin (21 December 1928 – 9 January 1995) was a Swedish middleweight boxer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and finished in third and ninth place, respectively. Between 1949 and 1955 he won four medals at European ch ...

, boxer (died 1995).

Deaths

* 6 February -

Amanda Christensen Amanda Charlotta Christensen, née ''Svensson'' (11 March 1863, Frustuna - 6 February 1928, Nice) was a Swedish fashion designer and business person. She founded the firm ''Amanda Christensen AB'' (1885), which has a Royal warrant of appointmen ...

, seamstress and business person (born 1863) * 21 June –

Carl Axel Magnus Lindman Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (6 April 1856 in Halmstad – 21 June 1928) was a Swedish botanist and botanical artist, the son of Carl Christian Lindman and Sophie Fredrique Löhr. He is best known for his work "''Bilder ur Nordens Flora''" published ...

, botanist (born 1856) * 20 August – Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (born 1888) * 13 September – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (born

1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...

) * 27 November – Gunhild Rosén, ballerina and ballet master (born 1855) * 16 December – Ebba De la Gardie, reporter (born

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

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References

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