1940 in Sweden

none January 2021 1940 Events from the year 1940 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Events October 2014 21 February – Pajala is bombed by Soviet aircraft.February 22, 1940 RUSSIAN AIR BOMBS RIP SWEDISH TOWN; ACT HELD INTENDED; 2 Wounded in Pajala, 6 Houses Burned Down as More Than 100 Missiles Hit Community POLICE DOUBT ANY ERROR Spur to Active Aid to Finns Is Seen--Protest to Moscow Is Made by Stockholm https://www.nytimes.com/1940/02/22/archives/russian-air-bombs-rip-swedish-town-act-held-intended-2-wounded-in.html 2026-07-01 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 3 March – Anti-communists plant an explosive device in the office of left-wing newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå.Haupt Inger March 2, 2015 Attentatet mot Norrskensflamman https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/attentatet-mot-norrskensflamman 2026-07-01 SVT Nyheter sv The attack kills five people, including two children. It is one of the deadliest political attacks in modern Swedish history.2020-03-03 Dokumentär: Natten mot den 3 mars 1940 https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/7419388 July 1, 2026 Sveriges Radio 28 March – Establishment of the anti-Nazi Swedish language political magazine, Nordens Frihet by Samfundet Nordens Frihet.Tora Byström (2016). "Nordic solidarity in print: the Nordens Frihet Association and its magazine, 1939-45". In Peter Stadius; Jonas Harvard (eds.). Communicating the North: Media Structures and Images in the Making of the Nordic Region. Burlington: Ashgate. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-317-16357-2.Erlend Eidsvik (2016). "Expressions of pan-Scandinavian sentiments in the magazine Fram among Scandinavian migrants in South Africa, 1914-1954". In Jonas Harvard; Peter Stadius (eds.). Communicating the North: Media Structures and Images in the Making of the Nordic Region. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-1-317-16357-2. April – Initiation of regular transit of German troops through Sweden to and from Norway.Wangel Carl-Axel https://www.worldcat.org/title/21850196 Sveriges militära beredskap 1939-1945 1982 Militärhistoriska Förlaget Kungl Militärhögskolan (Sweden) Militärhistoriska avd 978-91-85266-20-3 Stockholm 21850196 24 October – A ferry carrying members of the Boden Engineer Regiment capsizes on Lake Armasjärvi southwest of Övertorneå during a night crossing in poor weather; 46 men are killed.Hjertström Anders Hannu Filip October 24, 2020 80 år sedan Armasjärviolyckan – 46 människor omkom https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/80-ar-sedan-armasjarviolyckan-46-manniskor-dog 2026-07-01 SVT Nyheter sv 30 December – Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company.September 2026 Undated Establishment of art magazine, Paletten.Johanna Rosenqvist. "Design as Craft. Performativity and Interpellation in Design History" (PDF). 10th European Academy of Design Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015. Births thumb|right|100 px|Gunnar Harding. 22 January – Tobias Berggren, poet.Tobias Berggren Store norske leksikon Godal Anne Marit Anne Marit Godal Norsk nettleksikon Oslo http://www.snl.no/Tobias_Berggren no 16 October 2014 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singerRecordings by Lill Lindfors Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Lill_Lindfors/74919 2023-11-19 www.naxos.com 11 June – Gunnar Harding, poet.Gunnar Harding Store norske leksikon Godal Anne Marit Anne Marit Godal Norsk nettleksikon Oslo http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Harding no 16 October 2014 18 October – Carl von Essen, fencer.Carl von Essen https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/carl-von-essen-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/carl-von-essen-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 12 October – Gösta Pettersson, cyclist Deaths 10 March – Agnes von Krusenstjerna, writer (born 1894)https://www.skbl.se/en/article/AgnesvonKrusenstjerna Agnes Julie Fredrika von Krusenstjerna Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 22 January 2021 16 March – Selma Lagerlöf, writer (born 1858)Selma Lagerlöf Swedish author https://www.britannica.com/biography/Selma-Lagerlof Encyclopedia Britannica 24 April 2020 en 24 November – Janne Lundblad, horse rider (born 1877).Janne Lundblad https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janne-lundblad-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janne-lundblad-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 16 October 2014 12 October – Ann-Margret Holmgren, feminist and pacifist writer (born 1850) References External links 1940 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden