1940 in Sweden

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

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• April – Initiation of regular transit of German troops through Sweden to and from Norway
• 30 December – Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company.

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• 22 January – Tobias Berggren, poet.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tobias Berggren |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/Tobias_Berggren |language=no|access-date=16 October 2014}}
• 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singer{{Cite web |title=Recordings by Lill Lindfors {{!}} Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos |url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Lill_Lindfors/74919 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.naxos.com}}
• 11 June – Gunnar Harding, poet.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Harding |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/Gunnar_Harding |language=no|access-date=16 October 2014}}
• 18 October – Carl von Essen, fencer.{{cite web|title=Carl von Essen |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/carl-von-essen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/carl-von-essen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=16 October 2014}}
• 12 October – Gösta Pettersson, cyclist

• 10 March – Agnes von Krusenstjerna, writer (born 1894){{cite web|url=https://www.skbl.se/en/article/AgnesvonKrusenstjerna|title=Agnes Julie Fredrika von Krusenstjerna|website=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|access-date=22 January 2021}}
• 16 March – Selma Lagerlöf, writer (born 1858){{cite web |title=Selma Lagerlöf {{!}} Swedish author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Selma-Lagerlof |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 24 November – Janne Lundblad, horse rider (born 1877).{{cite web|title=Janne Lundblad |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janne-lundblad-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/janne-lundblad-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=16 October 2014}}
• 12 October – Ann-Margret Holmgren, feminist and pacifist writer (born 1850)

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