1927 in Sweden

Events from the year 1927 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman

Events

 * The Volvo car manufacturing company was founded in Gothenburg, as a subsidiary to the Swedish ball bearing factory AB.
 * Forex Bank established
 * The Norra Kvill National Park established.

Arts and culture

 * The comic strip Kronblom was created by Elov Persson

Births

 * 30 January – Olof Palme, politician (died 1986)
 * 30 April – Lars Hall, modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 1952 and 1956 (died 1991).
 * 7 May – Åke Hansson, footballer
 * 25 June – Kjell Tånnander, Swedish decathlete
 * 22 November – Gullan Bornemark, musician

Deaths

 * 7 July – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, mathematician (born 1846)
 * 19 August – Johan Edman, tug-of-war competitor (born 1875).
 * 2 October – Svante Arrhenius, scientist (born 1859)
 * 24 December – Karl Oskar Medin, paediatrician (born 1847)