1917 in Sweden

Events from the year 1917 in Sweden

← 1916 1915 1914 1917 in Sweden → 1918 1919 1920
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1917 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister - Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Carl Swartz, and Nils Edén

Events

• 10–18 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
• 1 and 16 September: The 1917 Swedish general election result in the fall of the rightwing government in favor of the liberals.
• The child serial killer Hilda Nilsson is put on trial.
• The movie A Man There Was has its premier

Births

• 3 February – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (died 2001)

Deaths

• 14 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (born 1838)
• 10 August - Hilda Nilsson, serial killer (born 1876)
• 5 November - Louise Hammarström, chemist (born 1849)
• Wilhelmina Lagerholm, photographer (born 1826)
• Sophie Cysch, singer (born 1847)