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1940 in Sweden 
Summary
Events from the year 1940 in Sweden
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- April – Initiation of regular transit of German troops through Sweden to and from Norway
- 30 December – Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company.
Births edit
- 22 January – Tobias Berggren, poet.[1]
- 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singer[2]
- 11 June – Gunnar Harding, poet.[3]
- 18 October – Carl von Essen, fencer.[4]
- 12 October – Gösta Pettersson, cyclist
Deaths edit
- 10 March – Agnes von Krusenstjerna, writer (born 1894)[5]
- 16 March – Selma Lagerlöf, writer (born 1858)[6]
- 24 November – Janne Lundblad, horse rider (born 1877).[7]
- 12 October – Ann-Margret Holmgren, feminist and pacifist writer (born 1850)
References edit
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tobias Berggren". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Recordings by Lill Lindfors | Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Gunnar Harding". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Carl von Essen". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Agnes Julie Fredrika von Krusenstjerna". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Selma Lagerlöf | Swedish author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Janne Lundblad". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
External links edit
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