1931 in Sweden

Events from the year 1931 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 14 May – The Ådalen shootings: During a general strike in Ådalen, military troops fired gunshots into a crowd of demonstrants. Five persons were killed in the massacre, and five were injured.

Births

 * 31 March – Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer (died 2006)
 * 15 April – Tomas Tranströmer, poet (died 2015)
 * 23 June – Ola Ullsten, politician (died 2018)
 * 16 July – Kjell Hansson, Olympic rower (died 2019)
 * 23 July – Jan Troell, filmmaker
 * 28 August – Sven Tumba, ice hockey player (died 2011).

Deaths

 * 8 April – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (born 1864)
 * 26 May – Anna Sandström, feminist
 * 12 July – Nathan Söderblom, clergyman, archbishop (born 1866)
 * 13 October – Ernst Didring, writer (born 1868)