1923 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1923 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition.[1]
- The Equal Competence Law, granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden.
Births
- 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014).[2]
- 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985).[3]
- 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007).
- 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009).[4]
- 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006).[5]
- 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher.[6]
Deaths
- 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)
References
- ^ "Så blev Göteborg en metropol" (in Swedish). Göteborgposten. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Bertil Haase". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Stockholms stads-/kommunfullmäktige 1963-1988: Biografiska data och porträtt [Stockholm city/municipal council 1963-1988: Biographical data and portraits] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Stockholm City Archives. 1988. p. 119. Retrieved 31 March 2023 – via Stockholmskällan.
- ^ "Viking Palm". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Gunnar Åkerlund". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Carl-Göran Ekerwald". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 October 2014.