1904 in Sweden

← 1903 1902 1901 1904 in Sweden → 1905 1906 1907
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1904 Timeline of Swedish history

Rosa Grünberg in 1904

Morgonbris

Events from the year 1904 in Sweden.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 January - The Swedish Antarctic Expedition returns to Stockholm.^[1]
• 18 December – The Swedish Football Association is founded in Stockholm.^[2]
• Date unknown – First issue of Morgonbris.
• Date unknown – From this year until 1909, co-education is introduced in a number of state secondary education schools, which makes private girls schools redundant.^[3]

Births

• 4 January - Hjördis Töpel, Olympic diver and swimmer^[4]
• 13 January - Ewa Olliwier, Olympic diver^[5]
• 18 January - John Axel Nannfeldt, botanist and mycologist^[6]
• 24 January - Wivan Pettersson, Olympic swimmer^[7]
• 29 February - Helmer Grundström, writer^{[citation needed]}
• 31 March - Harald Berglund, cinematographer^[8]
• 1 April - Holger Löwenadler, film actor^[9]
• 2 April - Karl Ragnar Gierow, theater director, author and translator^[10]
• 8 April - Georg Werner, Olympic freestyle swimmer^[11]
• 6 May - Harry Martinson, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature^[12]
• 22 May - Uno Lamm (born August Uno Lamm), electrical engineer and inventor^[13]
• 2 July - Erik Lundin, chess master^{[14][unreliable source?]}
• 19 July - Vera Schmiterlöw, film actress^[15]

Deaths

• 19 April - Hanna Styrell, actress and royal mistress (born 1842)
• 29 May - Maria Paulina Åhman, harpist (born 1812)^[16]
• 11 June - Clas Theodor Odhner, historian (born 1836)^[17]
• 15 October - Anna Stecksén, scientist (born 1870)

References

1. "Otto Nordenskjold - Time Line Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904". Cool Antarctica. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
2. Jönsson, Åke (25 February 1904). "Avspark på hemmaplan: Hundra år med fotboll". Populär historia (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. .Gunhild Kyle (1972). Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet. Göteborg: Kvinnohistoriskt arkiv. ISBN
4. "Hjördis Töpel". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
5. "Ewa Olliwier". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
6. "John Axel Nannfeldt". Bionomia. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
7. "Wivan Pettersson". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
8. "Harald Berglund". Svensk Filmdatabas (in Swedish). Svenska Filminstitutet. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
9. "Holger Löwenadler". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
10. "Gierow, Karl Ragnar" (in Swedish). Svenska Akademien. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
11. "Georg Werner". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
12. "Harry Martinson – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
13. Gould, William R. (1992). "AUGUST UNO LAMM 1904-1989". Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering. Vol. 5. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-04689-3. Retrieved 16 March 2022 – via National Academy of Engineering Website.
14. "The chess games of Erik Lundin". chessgames.com. Chessgames Services LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
15. "Vera Schmiterlöw". People. filmportal.de. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
16. Åshede, Ulla. "Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Translated by Grosjean, Alexia. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
17. Herman Schück. "Clas J Theodor Odhner". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.