1918 in Sweden

none 1918 thumb|Frigga Carlberg and others demonstrating for women's suffrage in Gothenburg, June 1918. Events from the year 1918 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister - Nils Edén Events 14 March – Eva Andén is elected the first female member of the Swedish Bar Association. 14 June - The Poor Care Regulation of 1918 replaces the Poor Care Regulation of 1871: it abolishes the poor houses, the Rotegång, Poor Auctions, and other outdated poor care methods. The forced registration and medical examination system of prostitutes is abolished.Svanström, Yvonne, Offentliga kvinnor: prostitution i Sverige 1812-1918 [Public Women: Prostitution in Sweden 1812-1918], Ordfront, Stockholm, 2006 (Swedish) The Svenska Federationen, having reached its goal, is therefore dissolved. Births June 2015 16 January – Allan Ekelund, film producer (died 2009)http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61106 Allan Ekelund 2014-07-31 sfi.se 17 May - Birgit Nilsson, operatic soprano (died 2005)Blyth Alan Alan Blyth Barker Frank Granville Obituary: Birgit Nilsson The Guardian 12 January 2006 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/12/guardianobituaries.arts https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073534/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/12/guardianobituaries.arts 25 October 2017 live 29 April 2018 14 July - Ingmar Bergman, director, writer, and producer in film, television, theater, and radio (died 2007Rothstein, Mervyn Ingmar Bergman, Master Director, Dies at 89 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/movies/30cnd-bergman.html The New York Times 30 July 2007 31 July 2007 0362-4331) 22 July - Christer Strömholm, photographer and educator (died 2002 Deaths 3 April – Olof Palme, historian (born 1884) Hulda Mellgren, industrialist (born 1839) 29 June – Carl Cederström, pioneering Swedish aviator (b. 1867) References 1918 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden