1917 in Sweden

Events from the year 1917 in Sweden

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)