1939 in Sweden

Events from the year 1939 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

• 31 August – The Sandö Bridge collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.

• The secret intelligence agency C-byrån established.
• The Åhlinska skolan is closed.

Literature

• Pelle Svanslös på äventyr by Gösta Knutsson, the first book in the Pelle Svanslös children's book series

Births

• 15 January – Per Ahlmark, writer and politician
• 25 January - Gabriel Romanus, politician
• 21 February - Börje Ahlstedt, actor
• 30 June - Anna-Greta Leijon, politician (d. 2024)
• 28 July – Gösta Ekman, actor, comedian, and director
• 2 September - Ivar Jacobson, computer scientist and software engineer

Deaths

• 12 January – Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (born 1886).
• 16 May – Anders Lindstedt mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the Poincaré–Lindstedt method (born 1854)
• 29 May – Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (born 1888).
• 18 December – Bruno Liljefors, painter (born 1860)

Full date missing

• Olof Olsson, politician (born 1872).

References

1. Sweden during World War II
2. 1939–40 in Swedish football
3. 1939
4. 1939 in film
5. 1939 (film)
6. Military equipment of Sweden during World War II
7. Public holidays in Sweden
8. 1939–40 Swedish football Division 2
9. List of equipment of the Swedish Army
10. 1939–40 Swedish football Division 3
11. Demographics of Sweden
12. List of Swedish bandy championship finals (1907–1949)
13. I2
14. 1939 New York World's Fair
15. Swedish Air Force
16. J'attendrai
17. Invasion of Poland
18. Princess Märtha of Sweden
19. Göran
20. List of timelines of World War II