1923 in Sweden

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger

File:Konsthallen.jpg was built as an art exhibition hall for the jubilee fair of Gothenburg in 1923.]]

• 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition.{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/s%C3%A5-blev-g%C3%B6teborg-en-metropol-1.48618152|title=Så blev Göteborg en metropol|publisher=Göteborgposten|author=|language=Swedish|date=3 June 2021|accessdate=6 August 2022}}
• The Equal Competence Law, granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden.

• 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014).{{cite web|title=Bertil Haase|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bertil-haase-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bertil-haase-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 October 2014}}
• 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985).{{Cite book |url=https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/28922 |title=Stockholms stads-/kommunfullmäktige 1963-1988: Biografiska data och porträtt |publisher=Stockholm City Archives |year=1988 |location=Stockholm |pages=119 |language=sv |trans-title=Stockholm city/municipal council 1963-1988: Biographical data and portraits |access-date=March 31, 2023 |via=Stockholmskällan}}
• 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007).
• 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009).{{cite web|title=Viking Palm |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/viking-palm-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204957/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/viking-palm-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 October 2014}}
• 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006).{{cite web|title=Gunnar Åkerlund |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/gunnar-akerlund-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/gunnar-akerlund-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 October 2014}}
• 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Carl-Göran Ekerwald |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Carl-Göran_Ekerwald |language=no|access-date=11 October 2014}}

• 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824)
• 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828)
• 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849)
• 7 December - Clementine Swartz, actress (born 1835)
• 11 December - Kata Dalström, politician (born 1835)

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