1908 in Sweden

Events from the year 1908 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman

Events

 * 18 February - Inauguration of the new building of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
 * 11 December - The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is founded in Sundsvall.
 * - First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm
 * - The first women are employed in the Swedish Police Authority.
 * - Karolina Olsson awakes from 32 years of hibernation.

Births

 * 21 January – Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (died 1987)
 * 26 January - Gideon Ståhlberg, chess grandmaster (died 1967)

Deaths

 * Amalia Planck, entrepreneur (born 1834)
 * 8 June - Frans Hedberg, dramatist (born 1828)