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Frigga Carlberg and others demonstrating for women's suffrage in Gothenburg, June 1918.
Events from the year 1918 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 14 March – Eva Andén is elected the first female member of the Swedish Bar Association.
 - 14 June - The Poor Care Regulation of 1918 replaces the Poor Care Regulation of 1871: it abolishes the poor houses, the Rotegång, Poor Auctions, and other outdated poor care methods.
 - The forced registration and medical examination system of prostitutes is abolished.[1] The Svenska Federationen, having reached its goal, is therefore dissolved.
 
Births
- 16 January – Allan Ekelund, film producer
 - 17 May - Birgit Nilsson, operatic soprano
 - 14 July - Ingmar Bergman, director, writer, and producer in film, television, theater, and radio
 
Deaths
- 3 April – Olof Palme, historian (born 1884)
 - Hulda Mellgren, industrialist (born 1839)
 
References
- ↑ Svanström, Yvonne, Offentliga kvinnor: prostitution i Sverige 1812-1918 [Public Women: Prostitution in Sweden 1812-1918], Ordfront, Stockholm, 2006 (Swedish)
 
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