1901 in Sweden

Events from the year 1901 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Fredrik von Otter

Events

 * 9–17 February – The first Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
 * A military reform abolish the Allotment system with conscription.
 * Women are given four weeks maternity leave.
 * Foundation of the Swedish Union of Journalists.
 * A name ordinance is put in legal effect, regulating the uses of first names, surnames and family names.

Theatre

 * Easter (Påsk), play by August Strindberg.
 * A Dream Play by August Strindberg.

Births

 * 28 March – Princess Märtha of Sweden (died 1954)
 * 13 June – Tage Erlander, politician (died 1985)
 * 18 August – Arne Borg, swimmer (died 1979)
 * 13 October – Irja Agnes Browallius, writer (died 1968)

Deaths

 * 11 April – Ivar Hallström, composer (born 1826)
 * 24 April – Arvid Posse, prime minister (born 1828)
 * 5 May – Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in South-West Africa (born 1846)
 * 12 August – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer (born 1832)
 * 24 August – Gunnar Wennerberg, poet (born 1817)
 * 10 September - Emanuella Carlbeck, social reformer (born 1829)
 * - Hilda Caselli, educational reformer (born 1836)
 * - Axel Elmlund, ballet dancer and stage actor (born 1838)