1904 in Sweden
{{short description|none}}
{{Year in region
| year = 1904
| region = Sweden
| error = Template:Year in Sweden:
| image = Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg
| image_size = 90px
| see_also =
}}
File:Rosa Grunberg-1904.jpg in 1904]]
Events from the year 1904 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
{{Expand section|date=June 2015}}
- 10 January - The Swedish Antarctic Expedition returns to Stockholm.{{cite web |url=https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_nordenskjold-time-line.php |title=Otto Nordenskjold - Time Line Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 |website=Cool Antarctica |access-date=20 December 2021}}
- 18 December – The Swedish Football Association is founded in Stockholm.{{cite news|url=https://popularhistoria.se/vardagsliv/sport/avspark-pa-hemmaplan-hundra-ar-med-fotboll|title=Avspark på hemmaplan: Hundra år med fotboll|newspaper=Populär historia|language=sv|first=Åke|last=Jönsson|date=25 February 1904|access-date=14 March 2020}}
- Date unknown – First issue of Morgonbris.
- Date unknown – From this year until 1909, co-education is introduced in a number of state secondary education schools, which makes private girls schools redundant..Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN
Births
{{Expand section|date=June 2015}}
- 4 January - Hjördis Töpel, Olympic diver and swimmer{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50325 |title=Hjördis Töpel |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 December 2021}}
- 13 January - Ewa Olliwier, Olympic diver{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50297 |title=Ewa Olliwier |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 December 2021}}
- 18 January - John Axel Nannfeldt, botanist and mycologist{{cite web |url=https://bionomia.net/Q2330447 |title=John Axel Nannfeldt |website=Bionomia |access-date=24 December 2021}}
- 24 January - Wivan Pettersson, Olympic swimmer{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50305 |title=Wivan Pettersson |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=24 December 2021}}
- 29 February - Helmer Grundström, writer{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
- 31 March - Harald Berglund, cinematographer{{cite web |url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=PERSON&itemid=59952 |title=Harald Berglund |website=Svensk Filmdatabas |publisher=Svenska Filminstitutet |language=sv |access-date=10 February 2022}}
- 1 April - Holger Löwenadler, film actor{{cite web |url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=person&itemid=59637 |title=Holger Löwenadler |work=Swedish Film Database |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |access-date=17 March 2022}}
- 2 April - Karl Ragnar Gierow, theater director, author and translator{{cite web |title=Gierow, Karl Ragnar |url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/ledamotsregister/gierow-karl-ragnar |publisher=Svenska Akademien |language=sv |access-date=25 February 2022}}
- 8 April - Georg Werner, Olympic freestyle swimmer{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50491 |title=Georg Werner |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=25 February 2022}}
- 6 May - Harry Martinson, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature{{cite web |title=Harry Martinson – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2022 |access-date=10 March 2022 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1974/martinson/facts/}}
- 22 May - Uno Lamm (born August Uno Lamm), electrical engineer and inventor{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.nae.edu/19579/19581/51314/51347/188888/AUGUST-UNO-LAMM-19041989 |last=Gould |first=William R. |chapter=AUGUST UNO LAMM 1904-1989 |title=Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering |volume=5 |publisher=National Academies Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-309-04689-3 |via=National Academy of Engineering Website |access-date=16 March 2022}}
- 2 July - Erik Lundin, chess master{{cite web |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=20617 |title=The chess games of Erik Lundin |website=chessgames.com |publisher=Chessgames Services LLC |access-date=28 December 2022}}{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2023}}
- 19 July - Vera Schmiterlöw, film actress{{cite web |url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/vera-schmiterlow_f303a3a8e0dcf2eee03053d50b375fcc |title=Vera Schmiterlöw |website=filmportal.de |department=People |language=en |access-date=30 December 2022}}
Deaths
- 19 April - Hanna Styrell, actress and royal mistress (born 1842)
- 29 May - Maria Paulina Åhman, harpist (born 1812){{cite dictionary |title=Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman |url=https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/PaulineAhman |dictionary=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |first=Ulla |last=Åshede |access-date=30 July 2022 |translator-last=Grosjean |translator-first=Alexia |language=en}}
- 11 June - Clas Theodor Odhner, historian (born 1836){{cite dictionary |title=Clas J Theodor Odhner |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/7648 |dictionary=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |author=Herman Schück |access-date=30 July 2022 |language=sv}}
- 15 October - Anna Stecksén, scientist (born 1870)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Year in Europe|1904}}
{{Years in Sweden}}
Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden
{{Sweden-year-stub}}