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Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the gold and silver medallists in the first women's individual swimming event

Events from the year 1912 in Sweden.

Incumbents

Events

  • 3 January – The Svenska Scoutförbundet is formed.
  • 15 January – Sven Hedin's contribution to the Swedish defence issue, Ett varningsord, is published and distributed in one million copies. [1]
  • 2 April – The Swedish government puts forward a proposal for women's suffrage, but it is blocked by the FK.
  • 28 April – A charity matinee is organised in Stockholm for the Swedish victims of the Titanic disaster. [1]
  • 5 May–22 July –The Olympic Games take place in Stockholm. [2]
  • 8 May – The Swedish Parliament decides to establish the National Board of Health and Welfare from 1 January 1913. [1]
  • 19 May – August Strindberg is buried, and large crowds line the cortege route.[1] Nathan Söderblom officiates at the funeral,[3] which takes place at the 'Nya kyrkogården' (Norra begravningsplatsen) in Stockholm. [4]
  • 1 June – The Stockholm Olympic Stadium, designed by Torben Grut, is inaugurated for the Olympic Games.
  • 2 August – A Swedish study shows that farm trade has increased so much that other trade is suffering. [1]
  • 16 August – The first Swedish aerial photograph is presented. [1]
  • 16 August – Swedish Televerket starts to offer the Lyxtelegram service. [5]
  • 17 September – The Pentecostal church in Skövde is founded as one of the first Pentecostal churches in Sweden.
  • 27 September – 42-year-old Swedish engineer and inventor Gustaf Dalén, director of AGA since 1909, loses his eyesight when an experiment goes wrong. [6]
  • 6 October – DN organises a competition for Sweden's most popular names. Erik wins before Karl, Margit and Anna. [3]
  • 14 November – Erik Axel Karlfeldt is appointed Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. [3]
  • 1 December – The first stage of the Inlandsbanan railway, Östersund-Strömsund, opens for traffic in Sweden. [6]
  • 1 December – The tradition of using Advent stars was introduced in Sweden by Sven Erik Aurelius' wife Julia.
  • 10 December – Gustaf Dalén wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the automatic lighthouse. [1]

Births

  • 6 January – Johnny Bode, composer (died 1983)
  • 8 January – Folke Hamrin, actor (died 1982)
  • 16 January – Frank Sundström, actor (died 1993)
  • 23 January – Manne Grünberger, actor (died 1997)
  • 26 January – Gösta Kjellertz, singer (died 1984)
  • 1 February – Rolf Gülich, motorcycle rider (died 2010)
  • 12 February – Thore Christiansen, singer (died 1980)
  • 17 February – Birgit Lennartsson, actor and singer (died 1997)
  • 18 February – Bo Hederström, actor (died 2001)
  • 18 February – Bengt Lissegårdh, artist (died 1979)
  • 28 February – Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Swedish prince (died 1997)
  • 12 March – Sixten Sason, industrial designer (died 1967)
  • 18 March – Henrik Dyfverman, actor and television producer (died 1998)
  • 22 March – Per-Erik Rundquist, novelist and poet (died 1986)
  • 1 April – Sven-Otto Lindqvist, actor (died 1964)
  • 2 April – Sigvard Törnqvist, rider and composer (died 1990)
  • 7 April – Sven Bertil Norberg, actor (died 1967)
  • 20 April – Erik Larsson, cross-country skier (died 1982)
  • 4 May – Britta Brunius, actress (died 2000)
  • 7 May – Rune Landsberg, actor (died 1989)
  • 8 May – Dagny Carlsson, blogger (died 2022)
  • 21 May – Sven Melin, actor and singer (died 1966)
  • 21 May – Lille Bror Söderlundh, composer and singer (died 1957)
  • 21 May – Ingmar Ström, author and bishop (died 2003)
  • 29 June – Bertil Sjödin, actor (died 1997)
  • 6 July – Ruth Moberg, actor and opera singer (died 1997)
  • 11 July – Aino Taube, actor (died 1990)
  • 14 July – Per-Martin Hamberg, composer, scriptwriter, director, author and radio producer (died 1974)
  • 4 August – Raoul Wallenberg, architech, businessman and diplomat (died 1947)
  • 8 August – Ilse-Nore Tromm, actress (died 1994)
  • 25 August – Marta Lindberg, social democratic politician (died 2006)
  • 9 September – Marianne Zetterström, author and journalist (died 2011)
  • 21 September – Gösta Björling, opera singer (died 1957)
  • 29 September – Sture Ericson, actor and director (died 1979)
  • 6 October – Karin Albihn, actress (died 1974)
  • 22 October – Henrik Sandblad, historian (died 1991)
  • 14 November – Åke Jensen, actor and singer (died 1993)
  • 27 November – Birgit Rosengren, actress (died 2011)
  • 21 December – Brita Appelgren, actress and ballet dancer (died 1999)

Deaths

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Dahlberg, Hans (1999). Hundra år i Sverige (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers. ISBN 9100571733.
  2. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  3. ^ a b c Nationalencyklopedin (2000). Sverige 1900-talet (in Swedish). Bra Böcker. ISBN 9789171337221.
  4. ^ Aftonbladet (1999). 100 år med Aftonbladet.
  5. ^ "15 Augusti". Svenska Dagbladet. 1912. p. 7.
  6. ^ a b Himmelstedt, Bernt (1999). 20:e århundradets När Var Hur (in Swedish). Bokförlaget Forum. ISBN 9789137114897.