Events from the year 1905 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – until April 13: Erik Gustaf Boström April 13-August 2: Johan Ramstedt August 2-November 7: Christian Lundeberg starting November 7: Karl Staaff
Events
February 4–12 – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. April 14 – Erik Gustaf Boström resigns as the prime minister of Sweden, over the issue of the Swedish- Norwegian Union. His minister without portfolio, Johan Ramstedt, becomes the new prime minister of Sweden. June 7 – The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence. June 15 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden). August 2 – The businessman and right-wing politician Christian Lundeberg becomes Prime Minister of Sweden. August 7 – King Oscar II appoints Prince Gustaf to serve as his regent. October 26 – Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway. November 7 – The lawyer and liberal politician Karl Staaff becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, after an Riksdag election based mainly about, voting rights reform. November 8 – Foundation of the Women's Cooperative Swedish Home by Anna Whitlock in Stockholm.
Births 14 January – Sven Rydell, football player (died 1975) 3 February – Arne Beurling, mathematician 7 February – Ulf von Euler, physiologist 1 April – Torsten Nilsson, social democrat 27 May – Signe Johansson-Engdahl, Olympic diver (died 2010) 17 November - Astrid of Sweden, princess of Sweden; later queen of the Belgians.
Deaths 16 April – Thérèse Elfforss, actress (born 1823) – Emily Nonnen, writer (born 1812) December – Martin Wiberg, inventor (born 1826) – Hjalmar Stolpe, entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (born 1841)
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