1905 in Sweden

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Years in Sweden: 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
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Years: 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Wedding of Princess Margaret and Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1905.

Events from the year 1905 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchOscar II
  • Prime Minister
    • until April 13: Erik Gustaf Boström
    • April 13-August 2: Johan Ramstedt
    • August 2-November 7: Christian Lundeberg
    • starting November 7: Karl Staaff

Events[]

  • April 14 - Erik Gustaf Boström resigns as the Prime Minister of Sweden, over the issue of the Swedish- Norwegian Union. His Minister without Portfolio, Johan Ramstedt, becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden.
  • June 7 – The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence.
  • June 15Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden).
  • August 2 – The businessman and right-wing politician Christian Lundeberg becomes Prime Minister of Sweden.
  • October 26 – Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway.
  • November 7 – The lawyer and liberal politician Karl Staaff becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, after an Riksdag election based mainly about, voting rights reform.
  • November 8 – Foundation of the Women's Cooperative Swedish Home by Anna Whitlock in Stockholm.

Births[]

  • Sven Rydell, football player (died 1975)
  • Arne Beurling, mathematician
  • Ulf von Euler, physiologist
  • Torsten Nilsson, social democrat

Deaths[]

  • 16 April – Thérèse Elfforss, actress (born 1823)
  • Emily Nonnen, writer (born 1812)
  • December – Martin Wiberg, inventor (born 1826)
  • Hjalmar Stolpe, entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (born 1841)

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