Events from the year 1928 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman, Arvid Lindman

Events

Judisk Tidskrift First official telephone line between Stockholm and New York is opened Swedish general election Johanneshovs IP was founded

Literature Anna Svärd, novel by Selma Lagerlöf

Sport 24–29 January – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm

Births

24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017) 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008) 29 June – Hans Cavalli-Björkman, lawyer 15 July – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989). 15 July – Hans Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player. 18 July – Stig Grybe, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017) 12 December – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (d. 1998) 21 December – Stig Sjölin, boxer (died 1995).

Deaths 6 February - Amanda Christensen, seamstress and business person (born 1863) 21 June – Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, botanist (born 1856) 20 August – Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (born 1888) 13 September – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (born 1849) 27 November – Gunhild Rosén, ballerina and ballet master (born 1855) 16 December – Ebba De la Gardie, reporter (born 1867)

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