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1923 in Sweden

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Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1923 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1923 in Sweden

Incumbents[edit]

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger

Events[edit]

• 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition.^[1]
• The Equal Competence Law, granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden.

Births[edit]

• 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014).^[2]
• 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985).^[3]
• 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007).
• 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009).^[4]
• 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006).^[5]
• 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher.^[6]

Deaths[edit]

• 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824)
• 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828)
• 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849)
• 7 December - Clementine Swartz, actress (born 1835)
• 11 December - Kata Dalström, politician (born 1835)

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