1939 in Sweden

Events from the year 1939 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

 * 31 August – The Sandö Bridge collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.


 * The secret intelligence agency C-byrån established.
 * The Åhlinska skolan is closed.

Literature

 * Pelle Svanslös på äventyr by Gösta Knutsson, the first book in the Pelle Svanslös children's book series

Births

 * 15 January – Per Ahlmark, writer and politician
 * 25 January - Gabriel Romanus, politician
 * 21 February - Börje Ahlstedt, actor
 * 30 June - Anna-Greta Leijon, politician (d. 2024)
 * 28 July – Gösta Ekman, actor, comedian, and director
 * 2 September - Ivar Jacobson, computer scientist and software engineer

Deaths



 * 12 January – Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (born 1886).
 * 16 May – Anders Lindstedt mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the Poincaré–Lindstedt method (born 1854)
 * 29 May – Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (born 1888).
 * 18 December – Bruno Liljefors, painter (born 1860)

Full date missing

 * Olof Olsson, politician (born 1872).