1908 in Sweden

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman

• 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
• 11 December - The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is founded in Sundsvall.{{cite web|url=http://www.skidor.com/SvenskaSkidforbundet/OmSkidforbundet/HistorikSSF/|title=Historik Svenska Skidförbundet|publisher=Swedish Ski Association|language=sv|access-date=30 June 2020|archive-date=9 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309084358/http://www.skidor.com/SvenskaSkidforbundet/OmSkidforbundet/HistorikSSF/|url-status=dead}}
• - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm
• - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.Dahlgren, Johanna (2007). Kvinnor i polistjänst (PDF). Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish) (Department of Historical Studies, Umeå University). {{ISBN|978-91-7264-314-7}}. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
• - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation.

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• 21 January {{ndash}} Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (died 1987)
• 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster (died 1967)

• Amalia Planck, entrepreneur (born 1834)
• 8 June - Frans Hedberg, dramatist (born 1828)

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