1941 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1941 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]- King – Gustaf V
- Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson
- Cabinet –
- Minister for Justice – Karl Gustaf Westman
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Christian Günther
- Minister for Foreign Trade –
- Fritiof Domö (until 7 March)
- Hermann Eriksson (after 7 March)
- Minister for Defence – Per Edvin Sköld
- Minister for Health and Social Affairs – Gustav Möller
- Minister for Finance – Ernst Wigforss
- Minister for Rural Affairs – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
- Minister for Infrastructure – Gustaf Andersson
Events
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- 20 January - The first trolleybus line in Stockholm begins to operate.[1]
- 22 January - Victor Hasselblad registers the Hasselblad Camera Company
- 4 March - British commandos carry out attacks on Narvik, Norway via Sweden
- 22 June - Midsummer crisis: Political crisis over the start of Operation Barbarossa
- 25 June - 163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) starts to travel through Sweden.
- 17 September - Swedish navy experiences its worst disaster ever in Harsfjarden[2]
- 13 December - A low temperature record of −53 °C is set in a village within the Vilhelmina Municipality.
Births
[edit]- 3 February - Monica Nordquist, actress (died 2017)
- 13 February - Bo Svenson, actor
- 28 April - Ann-Margret, actress
- 15 June - Essy Persson, actress
- 19 June - Magnus Harenstram, actor
- 9 July - Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, modern pentathlete
- 13 September - Jan-Åke Edvinsson, ice hockey administrator (died 2022)
- 29 September - Thomas Hellberg, actor (died 2023)
Deaths
[edit]- 3 January - Henning Ohlson, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1884)
- 8 April – Gulli Petrini, women's rights activist (b. 1867)
- 3 May – Selma Ek, operatic soprano (b. 1856)
- 15 May – Anna Lindhagen, politician (b. 1870)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stockholm" (in Swedish). Swedish Tramway Society. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Adrian English". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
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