1891 in Sweden

Events from 1891 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm, Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

15 February – Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded. 12 March – Djurgårdens IF (DIF) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded. 10 July – Erik Gustaf Boström becomes Prime Minister Göteborgs högskola established AIK Bandy Djurgårdens IF Bandy Johan Petter Johansson patents the ‘Swedish key’ (adjustable spanner) Skansen Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union Under röd flagg Ursholmen

Births 25 April – John Gustaf Axel Berg, designer (died 1971) 23 May – Pär Lagerkvist, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)Pär Lagerkvist Facts 1 July – Sten Selander, botanist and fiction writer (died 1957). 2 July – Karin Kock-Lindberg, politician (died 1976)Kock, Karin (1891–1976) 3 September – Curt Hartzell, gymnast (died 1975). 13 October – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (died 1958). 28 November – Gustaf Dyrssen, military officer (died 1981).

Deaths

11 January Carl Johan Thyselius politician (born 1811) 6 September – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (born 1826)

References