Events from the year 1921 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Gerhard Louis De Geer, Oscar von Sydow, Hjalmar Branting
Events
30 January – IFK Uppsala defeats Berliner SC, 4–1, in front of 2 022 spectators at the Stockholm Stadium when the first ice hockey game in Sweden is played. 10–26 September – the 1921 Swedish general election, which was the first Swedish election held under universal suffrage. The first women are elected to the parliament: Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Östlund (Social Democrat) Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) and Bertha Wellin (Conservative) in the Lower chamber, and Kerstin Hesselgren in the Upper chamber. Foundation of Svenska Kvinnors Medborgarförbund.
Births
3 January – Gunnar Eriksson, cross country skier (died 1982). 22 February – Sune Andersson, footballer (died 2002). 29 April – Bert Lundin, union leader (died 2018) 13 July – Git Gay, actress, singer and revue director (died 2007). 31 July – Tore Sjöstrand, runner (died 2011). 3 August – Birgitta Arman, actress (died 2007). 15 September – Nils Rydström, fencer (died 2018) 6 October – Egon Jönsson, footballer (died 2000).
Deaths 11 March – Hulda Lundin, tailor and educator (born 1847) 20 November – Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, operatic soprano (born 1843) – Ellen Bergman, musician (born 1842) – Lilly Engström, civil servant (born 1843) - Hilda Sandels, opera singer (born 1830)
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