Events from the year 1925 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Hjalmar Branting, Rickard Sandler
Events 1 January – First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: AB Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio) broadcasts its first programme. Gaston Borch conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music. 25 January – Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister because of ill health and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler. 5 April – The Swedish Bandy Association is founded in Stockholm out of the Swedish Football Association's former bandy section.
Births
4 February – Arne Åhman, triple jumper, Olympic champion in 1948. 27 April – Folke Eriksson, water polo player (died 2008). 2 May – Inga Gill, film actress (died 2000) 10 May – Hasse Jeppson, footballer 24 May – Mai Zetterling, film actress and director (died 1994) 11 July – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (died 2017) 14 September – Ove Rainer, politician (died 1987) 4 November – Folke Sundquist, actor (died 2009) 27 November – Kurt Lundquist, runner (died 2011).
Deaths 14 February – Signe Hebbe, opera singer (born 1837) 24 February – Hjalmar Branting, 19th Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1860) 8 March – Arvid Knöppel, sport shooter (born 1867). 2 June – Emilia Broomé, politician (born 1866) 3 October – Frigga Carlberg, women's rights activist (born 1851)
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