1923 in Sweden

Events from the year 1923 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Ernst Trygger

Events

 * 8 May – 30 September – The Liseberg amusement park opens in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition.
 * The Equal Competence Law, granting men and women equal rights to all public positions and professions, is passed in Sweden.

Births

 * 5 June – Bertil Haase, modern pentathlete (died 2014).
 * 11 February – Ruth Forsling, activist and politician (died 1985).
 * 25 July – Maria Gripe, writer (died 2007).
 * 13 October – Viking Palm, wrestler (died 2009).
 * 20 November – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (died 2006).
 * 30 December – Carl-Göran Ekerwald, novelist, essayist, literary critic and teacher.

Deaths

 * 19 January - Amalia Eriksson, businesswoman (born 1824)
 * 20 March - Louise Flodin, journalist (born 1828)
 * 8 November - Alfhild Agrell, writer (born 1849)
 * 7 December - Clementine Swartz, actress (born 1835)
 * 11 December - Kata Dalström, politician (born 1835)