1897 in Sweden

← 1896 1895 1894 1897 in Sweden → 1898 1899 1900
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1897 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1897 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

From the 1897 exhibition in Stockholm.

• The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm
• The Swedish Transport Workers' Union was founded.
• Sturehof is opened.
• Elsa Eschelsson become the first female with a Doctor of Laws in Sweden.
• Märtha Leth becomes the first formally educated and licensed female pharmacist in Sweden.

Sport

• IFK Eskilstuna founded
• Göteborgs FF founded
• Hammarby IF Bandy founded
• IFK Norrköping founded

Births

Per-Erik Hedlund, Olympic champion in 50 km in 1928.

• 22 March – Carl Munters, inventor (died 1989)
• 30 March – Martin Hindorff, sailor (died 1969).^[1]
• 18 April – Per-Erik Hedlund, cross country skier (died 1975).^[2]
• 5 July – Åke Häger, gymnast (died 1968).^[3]
• 17 August – Erik Charpentier, gymnast (died 1978).^[4]

Deaths

• 30 January – Robert Themptander, prime minister (born 1844)
• 12 September - Fredrika Limnell, salonnière, philanthropist, women's rights activist (born 1816)
• 14 December - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (born 1826)

References

1. "Martin Hindorff". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
2. "Per-Erik Hedlund". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
3. "Åke Häger". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
4. "Erik Charpentier". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2014.