1905 in Sweden

Events from the year 1905 in Sweden

← 1904 1903 1902 1905 in Sweden → 1906 1907 1908
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1905 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II
• Prime Minister –
  • until April 13: Erik Gustaf Boström
  • April 13-August 2: Johan Ramstedt
  • August 2-November 7: Christian Lundeberg
  • starting November 7: Karl Staaff

Events

Wedding of Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Margaret in 1905.

• February 4–12 – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
• April 14 – Erik Gustaf Boström resigns as the Prime Minister of Sweden, over the issue of the Swedish- Norwegian Union. His Minister without Portfolio, Johan Ramstedt, becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden.
• June 7 – The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence.
• June 15 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden).
• August 2 – The businessman and right-wing politician Christian Lundeberg becomes Prime Minister of Sweden.
• October 26 – Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway.
• November 7 – The lawyer and liberal politician Karl Staaff becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, after an Riksdag election based mainly about, voting rights reform.
• November 8 – Foundation of the Women's Cooperative Swedish Home by Anna Whitlock in Stockholm.

Births

• – Sven Rydell, football player (died 1975)
• – Arne Beurling, mathematician
• – Ulf von Euler, physiologist
• – Torsten Nilsson, social democrat

Deaths

• 16 April – Thérèse Elfforss, actress (born 1823)
• – Emily Nonnen, writer (born 1812)
• December – Martin Wiberg, inventor (born 1826)
• – Hjalmar Stolpe, entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (born 1841)