1920 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1920 in Sweden
Events
[edit]- The local social democratic women's clubs of Sweden is organised in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden.
- Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights.[2]
- 1 January - The Swedish Grace architecture style emerges.[3][4]
- 14 August - Sweden wins 64 Olympic medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, including nineteen gold medals.
- 4 September - The 1920 Swedish general election is held.
- 31 December - The Silver Age of Swedish National Romanticism comes to an end.[5]
Births
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- 17 April – Bengt Anderberg, writer.[6][7]
- 31 October – Gunnar Gren, footballer (died 1991).[8]
Deaths
[edit]- 7 April – Hildegard Björck, scholar, first woman in Sweden to gain a degree (born 1847)
- 10 April - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (born 1835)
- 21 June - Nanna Hoffman factory owner (born 1846)
- 10 August - Clara Lachmann, Danish-Swedish patron of the arts (born 1864)[9]
- 20 November – Ida Göthilda Nilsson, sculptor (born 1840)
- 27 October - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (born 1850)
- Anna Rönström, educator and mathematician (born 1847)
- Amanda Rylander, actress (born 1834)
References
[edit]- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip, eds. (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (1. Auflage ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- ^ "~ 1920-1930: Tjugotalsklassicism". Sekelskifte. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Swedish Grace". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ Barton, H. Arnold (2002). "The Silver Age of Swedish National Romanticism, 1905-1920". Scandinavian Studies. 74 (4): 505–520. ISSN 0036-5637.
- ^ "Författaren Bengt Anderberg är död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Bengt Anderberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Gunnar Gren". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Kjellander, Rune (1979). "Clara Lachmann". Dictionary of Swedish National Biography (in Swedish). Vol. 22. p. 23.
External links
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