1910 in Sweden

none 1910 Population The population that year was 5,522,403. There was a total of 135,625 births in 1910. The death total was 77,212. 8,142 legal immigrations were recorded. 27,816 emigrations happened that year. thumb|Gertrud Månsson in her shop, Idun (magazine), 3 April 1910 Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman Events January 23 January - The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union is founded. April April - The "Strindbergsfejden" (Strindberg Feud) begins when August Strindberg launches newspaper attacks against conservative cultural symbols.Modernist Swedish literature University of Washington Press 1989 12-15 26 April - The Swedish Parliament votes to electrify the Iron Ore Line, initiating the world's first major railway electrification project.https://history.vattenfall.com/stories/the-revolution-of-electricity/electrified-railways-for-100-years Electrified railways for 100 years Vattenfall 2024-12-20 May May - Hilma Borelius becomes the first woman to complete a doctorate at Lund University, defending her thesis on writer Erik Gustaf Geijer.https://skbl.se/en/article/HilmaBorelius Hilma Johanna Ulrika Borelius Swedish Women's Biographical Dictionary 2024-12-20 June June - The Church of Sweden Huskvarna Church in Huskvarna, Sweden is inaugurated. October 16 October - IFK Göteborg wins the Svenska Mästerskapet (Swedish football championship), defeating Djurgårdens IF 3-0 in the final.List of Swedish football champions Swedish Football Association 2010 November November - Sweden grants official recognition to the newly established Portuguese Republic.Foreign Relations of Sweden 1910 Swedish Foreign Ministry Archives 1911 November - Secret military discussions occur between Swedish Chief of Staff Knut Bildt and German Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/military-and-strategy-sweden/ Military and Strategy (Sweden) 1914-1918 Online Encyclopedia 2024-12-20 2 November - Agreement signed for construction of the Olympic Stadium for the 1912 Summer Olympics.The 1912 Olympic Games Swedish Olympic Committee 1913 18 November - Official invitations issued to 27 countries for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 Swedish Olympic Committee 1913 November 23 – Murderer Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden. December December - Industrial lockouts from the 1909 Swedish general strike finally end after affecting clothing, cellulose, road construction, sawmill, and textile industries.https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/swedish-workers-stage-general-strike-against-wage-cuts-1909 Swedish Workers Stage General Strike Against Wage Cuts 1909 Global Nonviolent Action Database 2024-12-20 10 December - Nobel Prize ceremony awards prizes to Paul Heyse (Literature), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Physics), and Albrecht Kossel (Medicine).https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/ Nobel Prize Awards 1910 Nobel Foundation 2024-12-20 Date unknown Foundation of the Karolinska förbundet. Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet is founded. Publication of Elin Wägner's Pennskaftet, known as the first Swedish suffrage novel.Wägner, Elin Pennskaftet Bonniers 1910 Stockholm Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's opera Arnljot premieres at the Royal Theatre.Swedish Opera History Royal Swedish Opera 1950 234-235 Strindberg's Intimate Theatre goes bankrupt after staging 25 plays since 1907.Meyer, Michael Strindberg: A Biography Random House 1985 512-514 40 women elected to municipal councils in the 1910-11 elections, the first time women could serve in these positions.Women's Political Participation in Sweden Scandinavian Political Studies 15 2 1992 89-102 Construction begins on the Porjus hydroelectric power plant.https://history.vattenfall.com/stories/the-revolution-of-electricity/electrified-railways-for-100-years Electrified railways for 100 years Vattenfall 2024-12-20 Politics and government Prime Minister Arvid Lindman's conservative government, representing the General Electoral Union, continued implementing the 1909 suffrage reform that had extended voting rights to all men aged 24 and above.Bengtsson, Erik The social origins of democracy in Sweden International Review of Social History 2022 10.1080/03071022.2022.2112865 free This prepared Sweden for its first election with universal male suffrage scheduled for September 1911. The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) suffered a 50% membership decline following the failed 1909 General Strike, though union density would recover to 31% by 1920.https://nordics.info/show/artikel/labour-movement Labour movement in the Nordic countries Nordics.info 2024-12-20 Economy Sweden's economy maintained approximately 2% annual GDP per capita growth during the 1870-1910 period.European regional railways and real income, 1870–1910 Scandinavian Economic History Review 2012 10.1080/03585522.2012.756428 10459.1/71840 free By 1910, Sweden had imported around 3.4 billion SEK in foreign capital since 1850 to finance industrialization. Major industrial companies active in 1910 included: SKF (founded 1907, employing 325 people) ASEA (electrical equipment) LM Ericsson (telecommunications) Alfa Laval (centrifugal separators) The country maintained the gold standard introduced in 1873 and participated in the Scandinavian Monetary Union with Denmark and Norway.https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/foreign-exchange/swedish-krona-sek/ Swedish Krona (SEK) - Overview, History Corporate Finance Institute 2024-12-20 Culture The year marked the birth of Swedish Literary Modernism. The "Strindbergsfejden" (Strindberg Feud) generated approximately 1,000 articles across 80 newspapers over two years.Olsson, Ulf Strindberg and the Modern Breakthrough University of California Press 1996 178-182 Gertrud Månsson became the first woman elected to a municipal council. The National Association for Women's Suffrage continued campaigning with support from Selma Lagerlöf and Elin Wägner. Science and Technology Svante Arrhenius became a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1910.Foreign Members of the Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society 1910 The Parliament's decision to electrify the Malmbanan initiated Sweden's transition from coal dependence to hydroelectric power, with the Porjus power plant designed to provide electricity for both railway operations and the LKAB mines in Kiruna and Malmberget. Sports IFK Göteborg won the Swedish football championship Örgryte IS won the inaugural Svenska Serien league championship First Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships held in Härnösand Greta Johansson won the Swedish women's breaststroke championship Sweden formed its first baseball club, Vesterås Baseball Club, for Olympic demonstration purposes Births 18 January – Roland Svensson, artist (died 2003) 5 April – Sven Andersson, politician, Minister of Defence 1957-1973 (died 1987) 28 June – Ingrid Luterkort, actress and stage director (died 2011) 15 October – Torbjörn Caspersson, biologist, pioneer of DNA research (died 1997)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Torbjorn-Oskar-Caspersson Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson Encyclopedia Britannica 2024-12-20 4 November – Agda Rössel, politician and diplomat (died 2001) Deaths 18 February – Johanna Sundberg, ballerina (born 1828) 9 March – Fredrik von Otter, Prime Minister 1900-1902 (born 1833) 17 November – Sigrid Sparre, courtier (born 1825) Maria Ribbing, schoolteacher and philanthropist (born 1842) See also 1909 Swedish general strike 1912 Summer Olympics History of Sweden Industrialization in Sweden References Further reading Bengtsson, Erik. "The Evolution of Popular Politics in 19th-Century Sweden and the Road from Oligarchy to Democracy." Journal of Social History (2023). Kent, Neil. A Concise History of Sweden. Cambridge University Press, 2008. Magnusson, Lars. An Economic History of Sweden. Routledge, 2000. Scott, Franklin D. Sweden: The Nation's History. University of Minnesota Press, 1988. External links Statistics Sweden - Historical Statistics Swedish National Archives 1910 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden