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Events from the year 1920 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 4–17 September – the 1920 Swedish general election
- The local social democratic women's clubs of Sweden is organised in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden.
- Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights.[1]
Sports
- August/September – at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Sweden won 64 Olympic medals, including nineteen gold medals.[2]
Births
- 17 April – Bengt Anderberg, writer.[3][4]
- 31 October – Gunnar Gren, footballer (died 1991).[5]
Deaths
- 7 April – Hildegard Björck, scholar, first woman in Sweden to gain a degree (born 1847)
- 10 April - Amanda Kerfstedt, writer (born 1835)
- 21 June - Nanna Hoffman factory owner (born 1846)
- 20 November – Ida Göthilda Nilsson, sculptor (born 1840)
- 27 October - Agda Montelius, philanthropist and women's rights activist (born 1850)
- Anna Rönström, educator and mathematician (born 1847)
- Amanda Rylander, actress (born 1834)
References
- ↑ Lilla Focus Uppslagsbok (Little Focus Encyclopedia) Focus Uppslagsböcker AB (1979) (Swedish)
- ↑ "1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Författaren Bengt Anderberg är död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Bengt Anderberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gunnar Gren". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
External links
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