1897 in Sweden

Events from the year 1897 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

 * The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm
 * The Swedish Transport Workers' Union was founded.
 * Sturehof is opened.
 * Elsa Eschelsson become the first female with a Doctor of Laws in Sweden.
 * Märtha Leth becomes the first formally educated and licensed female pharmacist in Sweden.

Sport

 * IFK Eskilstuna founded
 * Göteborgs FF founded
 * Hammarby IF Bandy founded
 * IFK Norrköping founded

Births



 * 22 March – Carl Munters, inventor (died 1989)
 * 30 March – Martin Hindorff, sailor (died 1969).
 * 18 April – Per-Erik Hedlund, cross country skier (died 1975).
 * 5 July – Åke Häger, gymnast (died 1968).
 * 17 August – Erik Charpentier, gymnast (died 1978).

Deaths

 * 30 January – Robert Themptander, prime minister (born 1844)
 * 12 September - Fredrika Limnell, salonnière, philanthropist, women's rights activist (born 1816)
 * 14 December - Edvard Swartz, stage actor (born 1826)